📖 Meaning
Describes an overwhelmingly powerful force that can destroy anything, no matter how solid or indestructible. It is a variant of the more common idiom 无坚不摧 (wú jiān bù cuī), conveying the same sense of irresistible destructive strength.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom is a variant form of the well-known chengyu 无坚不摧, which first appears in Tang dynasty historical records praising military prowess. The character 陷 ('to collapse' or 'to breach') replaces 摧 ('to destroy'), shifting the imagery slightly from shattering to breaking through fortifications. Like its counterpart, it was used in classical texts to extol the power of armies or the efficacy of weapons. No single definitive origin story is associated with this specific variant form.
💡 Example Usage
这支精锐部队战斗力极强，无坚不陷，所到之处攻无不克。
This elite unit possesses overwhelming combat power; nothing can withstand it, and wherever it goes, no fortress remains unconquered.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 无坚不陷
- Pinyin: wú jiān bù xiàn
- Literal Translation: nothing, firm, not, collapse
- Category: Power
- Characters: 4