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Home / Idiom / 势不可当

impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force

势不可当
shì bù kě dāng
sh+ì·4th toneb+ù·4th tonek+ě·3rd toned+āng·1st tone
IdiomHSK 7-9
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
like a hot knife through butter (idiom) · with irresistible force势如破竹shì rú pò zhúunstoppable · hard to hold back锐不可当ruì bù kě dāng(idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale大张旗鼓dà zhāng qí gǔ
Antonyms
in one's later days · "the sun is setting beyond (or behind) the western hills" - declining rapidly; nearing one's end · decline like the setting sun · in the evening of life · (like) the falling sun日薄西山rì bó xī shānthe game is as good as lost · not much can be done about it now · one's day has gone · it is all up with大势已去dà shì yǐ qù