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势不可当

shì bù kě dāng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 勢不可當

势不可当 (shì bù kě dāng) means "impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 势不可当 means

1. impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force

The characters in 势不可当

• 势shìpower; influence; potential
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)

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