水到船浮
shuǐ​dào​chuán​fú

success comes naturally

  • created sense approved 水到船浮 · shuǐ​dào​chuán​fú · success comes naturally — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    水到船浮

    shuǐ​dào​chuán​fú

    success comes naturally

    when conditions are ripe, success follows naturally; things work out on their own when the time is right

    水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water 到 (literal) → 到 · dào · to arrive 船 (literal) → 船 · chuán · boat 浮 (literal) → 浮 · fú · to float

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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