破竹建瓴 in English po4 zhu2 jian4 ling2 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiomatic expression); metaphorically irresistible force

Simplified Characters

破 竹 建 瓴

Traditional Characters

破 竹 建 瓴

Pinyin

po4 zhu2 jian4 ling2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

破po4broken 竹zhu2bamboo 建jian4to establish 瓴ling2concave channels of tiling