势如破竹

Traditional form:

勢如破竹

Pinyin (reading):

shìrúpòzhú

Definitions:

• like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
• with irresistible force

Characters:

• 势 - power, force; tendency, attitude
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 破 - to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
• 竹 - bamboo; flute

Traditional characters:

• 勢 - power, force; tendency, attitude
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 破 - to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
• 竹 - bamboo; flute