水到渠成
shuǐ​dào​qú​chéng

success comes naturally when conditions are ripe

  • created reference approved 水到渠成 → 瓜熟蒂落 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    水到渠成 shuǐ​dào​qú​chéng

    瓜熟蒂落 guā​shú​dì​luò

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  • created reference approved 水到渠成 → 顺理成章/順理成章 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    水到渠成 shuǐ​dào​qú​chéng

    顺理成章 / 順理成章 shùn​lǐ​chéng​zhāng

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  • created reference approved 水到渠成 → 迎刃而解 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    水到渠成 shuǐ​dào​qú​chéng

    迎刃而解 yíng​rèn'ér​jiě

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  • created reference approved 水到渠成 → 徒劳无功/徒勞無功 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    水到渠成 shuǐ​dào​qú​chéng

    徒劳无功 / 徒勞無功 tú​láo​wú​gōng

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  • created reference approved 水到渠成 → 水到船浮 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    水到渠成 shuǐ​dào​qú​chéng

    水到船浮 shuǐ​dào​chuán​fú

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  • created reference approved 水到渠成 → 水到鱼行/水到魚行 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    水到渠成 shuǐ​dào​qú​chéng

    水到鱼行 / 水到魚行 shuǐ​dào​yú​xíng

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  • created sense approved 水到渠成 · shuǐ​dào​qú​chéng · success comes naturally when conditions are ripe — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    水到渠成

    shuǐ​dào​qú​chéng

    success comes naturally when conditions are ripe

    literally meaning 'where water flows, a canal is formed'; used to describe how a problem will be solved or a goal achieved naturally once the necessary conditions have been met

    水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water 到 (literal) → 到 · dào · to arrive 渠 (literal) → 渠 · qú · canal 成 (literal) → 成 · chéng · to succeed

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