瓜熟蒂落 — Chinese idiom
瓜熟蒂落
guā shú dì luò
Meaning
- when the melon is ripe, it falls ; problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
Character by character
- 瓜guāmelon, gourd, squash, cucumber
- 熟shúwell-cooked; ripe, mature; familiar with
- 蒂dìroot cause; the stem of a fruit; the peduncle of a
- 落luòto fall, to drop; surplus, net income
Idioms sharing a character
- 滚瓜烂熟 gǔn guā làn shú
- 绵绵瓜瓞 mián mián guā dié
- 熟人熟事 shú rén shú shì
- 熟能生巧 shú néng shēng qiǎo
- 熟视无睹 shú shì wú dǔ
- 生米熟饭 shēng mǐ shú fàn
- 耳熟能详 ěr shú néng xiáng
- 轻车熟路 qīng chē shú lù
- 驾轻就熟 jià qīng jiù shú
- 一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng
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