势不可当 (shì bù kě dāng)

Character breakdown

• 势 (shì) · 8 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 执 represents the sound. Simplified form of 勢.

• 不 (bù) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The modern meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

• 可 (kě) · 5 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and the right component, which is a pictograph of an axe handle (now written as 柯), represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "sing", now wri…

• 当 (dāng) · 6 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 田 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound. The simplified character 当 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 當.

Usage

这支球队目前的状态势不可当，已经连续赢了十场比赛。

This team's current momentum is an unstoppable force; they've already won ten consecutive games.

Zhè zhī qiú duì mù qián de zhuàng tài shì bù kě dāng, yǐ jīng lián xù yíng le shí chǎng bǐ sài.