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破竹之勢

简破竹之势 · 繁破竹之勢

Mandarin · pinyin pò zhú zhī shì

lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force

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破: pò · break, ruin, destroy; rout
竹: zhú · bamboo; flute; Kangxi radical 118
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
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势: shì · power, force; tendency

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4–2–1–4 · po4 zhu2 zhi1 shi4

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po3 zuk1 zi1 sai3

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