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破竹建瓴

Mandarin · pinyin pò zhú jiàn líng

lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force

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破: pò · break, ruin, destroy; rout
竹: zhú · bamboo; flute; Kangxi radical 118
建: jiàn · build, establish, erect, found
瓴: líng · concave channels of tiling a long-necked jar

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4–2–4–2 · po4 zhu2 jian4 ling2

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po3 zuk1 gin3 ling4

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