1 idiot

2 fool

1 winter

1 winter

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 winter

1 watermelon

2 classifier: 颗 kē

3 classifier: 粒 lì

4 classifier: 个 ge

1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)

2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen

1 to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)

1 sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)

1 lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently

2 to know sth inside out

3 to know sth by heart

1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)

2 all one's geese are swans