破竹建瓴
pò zhú jiàn líng
Pinyin

Definition

破竹建瓴
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pò zhú jiàn líng
  1. lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiàn
  1. 1 to establish
  2. 2 to found
  3. 3 to set up
  4. 4 to build
  5. 5 to construct
jiàn lì
  1. 1 to establish
  2. 2 to set up
  3. 3 to found
jiàn zhù
  1. 1 to construct
  2. 2 building
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
Jiàn háng
  1. 1 China Construction Bank (abbr.)
jiàn shè
  1. 1 to build
  2. 2 to construct
  3. 3 construction
  4. 4 constructive
jiàn yì
  1. 1 to propose
  2. 2 to suggest
  3. 3 to recommend
  4. 4 proposal
  5. 5 suggestion
  6. 6 recommendation
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè],點|点[diǎn]
jiàn zào
  1. 1 to construct
  2. 2 to build
kuò jiàn
  1. 1 to extend (a building, an airport runway etc)
bào zhú
  1. 1 firecracker
  1. 1 broken
  2. 2 damaged
  3. 3 worn out
  4. 4 lousy
  5. 5 rotten
  6. 6 to break, split or cleave
  7. 7 to get rid of
  8. 8 to destroy
  9. 9 to break with
  10. 10 to defeat
  11. 11 to capture (a city etc)
  12. 12 to expose the truth of
pò huài
  1. 1 destruction
  2. 2 damage
  3. 3 to wreck
  4. 4 to break
  5. 5 to destroy
tū pò
  1. 1 to break through
  2. 2 to make a breakthrough
  3. 3 to surmount or break the back of (a task etc)
  4. 4 (of ball sports) to break through a defense
xiū jiàn
  1. 1 to build
  2. 2 to construct
chuàng jiàn
  1. 1 to found
  2. 2 to establish
huá pò
  1. 1 to cut open
  2. 2 to rip
  3. 3 to streak across (lightning, meteor etc)
  4. 4 to pierce (scream, searchlight etc)
fēng jiàn
  1. 1 system of enfeoffment
  2. 2 feudalism
  3. 3 feudal
  4. 4 feudalistic
shān zhú
  1. 1 mangosteen
jiàn guó
  1. 1 to found a country
  2. 2 nation-building
  3. 3 the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949
jiàn chéng
  1. 1 to establish
  2. 2 to build
jiàn cái
  1. 1 building materials

Idioms (20)

一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head
  3. 3 to be pithy and correct
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
乘风破浪
chéng fēng pò làng
  1. 1 to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
勤俭建国
qín jiǎn jiàn guó
  1. 1 to build up the country through thrift and hard work (idiom)
国破家亡
guó pò jiā wáng
  1. 1 the country ruined and the people starving (idiom)
大破大立
dà pò dà lì
  1. 1 to destroy the old and establish the new (idiom)
  2. 2 radical transformation
家破人亡
jiā pò rén wáng
  1. 1 family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned
  2. 2 destitute and homeless
打破砂锅问到底
dǎ pò shā guō wèn dào dǐ
  1. 1 to go to the bottom of things (idiom)
支离破碎
zhī lí pò suì
  1. 1 scattered and smashed (idiom)
看破红尘
kān pò hóng chén
  1. 1 to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk)
  2. 2 disillusioned with human society
  3. 3 to reject the world for a monastic life
破涕为笑
pò tì wéi xiào
  1. 1 to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
破竹之势
pò zhú zhī shì
  1. 1 lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破竹建瓴
pò zhú jiàn líng
  1. 1 lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破绽百出
pò zhàn bǎi chū
  1. 1 lit. one hundred splits (idiom); fig. full of mistakes (of speech or written article)
破茧成蝶
pò jiǎn chéng dié
  1. 1 lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle
  3. 3 to get to a better place after going through difficult period
破罐破摔
pò guàn pò shuāi
  1. 1 lit. to smash a cracked pot (idiom); crazy despair in the face of a blemish, defect, error or setback
破旧立新
pò jiù lì xīn
  1. 1 to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
破财免灾
pò cái miǎn zāi
  1. 1 a financial loss may prevent disaster (idiom)
破釜沉舟
pò fǔ chén zhōu
  1. 1 lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat
  2. 2 to burn one's boats

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