唐から竹たけ割わり

noun

cutting straight down; cleaving in two

Describes a forceful downward cut that splits something cleanly in half, often used in martial arts or dramatic descriptions of cutting a person or object.

• 刀かたなで唐から竹たけ割わりにする。

  To cleave something in two with a sword.

• 彼かれは敵てきを唐から竹たけ割わりにした。

  He cleaved his enemy in two.