勢如破竹

shì rú pò zhú

C1–C2 Level 7

勢如破竹 (shì rú pò zhú) is a Chinese word meaning “like a hot knife through butter (idiom)”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. with irresistible force

Stroke order

Tap a character to replay.

Related words at this level

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).