滚瓜烂熟 — Chinese idiom
滚瓜烂熟
gǔn guā làn shú
Traditional: 滾瓜爛熟
Meaning
- lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine ; fig. to know fluently
- to know sth inside out
- to know sth by heart
Character by character
- 滚gǔnto boil, to roll, to turn
- 瓜guāmelon, gourd, squash, cucumber
- 烂lànovercooked, overripe; rotten, spoiled
- 熟shúwell-cooked; ripe, mature; familiar with
Idioms sharing a character
- 屁滚尿流 pì gǔn niào liú
- 滚油煎心 gǔn yóu jiān xīn
- 硝烟滚滚 xiāo yān gǔn gǔn
- 财源滚滚 cái yuán gǔn gǔn
- 连滚带爬 lián gǔn dài pá
- 瓜熟蒂落 guā shú dì luò
- 绵绵瓜瓞 mián mián guā dié
- 天真烂漫 tiān zhēn làn màn
- 海枯石烂 hǎi kū shí làn
- 焦头烂额 jiāo tóu làn é
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