破竹の勢い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
破	竹	勢
は Grade: 5	ちく Grade: 1	いきお Grade: 5
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 勢如破竹 (shìrúpòzhú), literally "the vigor and force of breaking bomboo"

Idiom

破(は)竹(ちく)の勢(いきお)い • (hachiku no ikioi) ^{←はちくのいきほひ (fatikunoikifofi)?}

1. with unstoppable force and vigor