破竹の勢い

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
ちく
Grade: 1
いきお
Grade: 5
on'yomi kun'yomi

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 破竹之勢, literally "the vigor and force of breaking bamboo"

Idiom

()(ちく)(いきお) • (hachiku no ikioiはちくのいきほひ (fatikunoikifofi)?

  1. with unstoppable force and vigor