水到渠成 — Chinese idiom
水到渠成
shuǐ dào qú chéng
Meaning
- lit. where water flows, a canal is formed
- fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally
Character by character
- 水shuǐwater, liquid, lotion, juice
- 到dàoto go to, to arrive
- 渠qúditch, gutter; canal, channel
- 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;
Idioms sharing a character
- 一清如水 yī qīng rú shuǐ
- 似水年华 sì shuǐ nián huá
- 出水芙蓉 chū shuǐ fú róng
- 如鱼得水 rú yú dé shuǐ
- 山明水秀 shān míng shuǐ xiù
- 山清水秀 shān qīng shuǐ xiù
- 山穷水尽 shān qióng shuǐ jìn
- 山长水远 shān cháng shuǐ yuǎn
- 山高水长 shān gāo shuǐ cháng
- 山高水险 shān gāo shuǐ xiǎn
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