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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

捡了芝麻丢了西瓜

jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā

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

滚瓜烂熟

gǔn guā làn shú

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

王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸

wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā

1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
2 all one's geese are swans

瓜熟蒂落

guā shú dì luò

1 when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time

Sample Sentences

种瓜得瓜种豆得豆

zhòng guā de guā zhòng dòu de dòu

You reap what you sow.

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这就是种瓜得瓜种豆得豆。

zhè jiùshì zhòngguādéguāzhòngdòudédòu 。

This is what we call "You reap what you sow".

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你真是个尽心尽力的饭圈女孩，我虽然也追星，但都只是网上吃吃瓜，很少投入资金。

nǐ zhēnshi ge jìnxīnjìnlì de fànquān nǚhái ，wǒ suīrán yě zhuīxīng ，dàn dōu zhǐshì wǎngshàng chī chīguā ，hěn shǎo tóurù zījīn 。

You’re indeed a die hard fan, although I’m also a follower but I restrict to online and seldom invest money.

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明清时期，皇家宫殿房间内出现了可移动的冷源，即贮放冰块的柜子，上面镂空，作为冷气出孔，中部空间还可储存食物，如西瓜、冷饮等。

MíngQīng shíqī ，huángjiā gōngdiàn fángjiān nèi chūxiàn le kě yídòng de lěngyuán ，jí zhùfàng bīngkuài de guìzi ，shàngmiàn lòukōng ，zuòwéi lěngqì chūkǒng ，zhōngbù kōngjiān hái kě chǔcún shíwù ，rú xīguā 、lěngyǐn děng 。

In the Ming and Qing dynasty, rooms in the royal palace placed ice cubes in cabinets which were hollow on the top to let the cool air flow. The space in the middle of the cabinets were used to store food such as watermelons and cold beverages etc.

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消暑冷饮中最出名的冰碗是用甜瓜果藕、杏仁豆腐、葡萄干、鲜胡桃、淮山药、枣泥糕等料制成，冰镇后吃起来十分爽口。

xiāoshǔ lěngyǐn zhōng zuì chūmíng de bīng wǎn shì yòng tián guāguǒ ǒu 、xìngréndòufu 、pútaogān 、xiān hútáo 、huáishānyào 、zǎoní gāo děng liào zhìchéng ，bīngzhèn hòu chī qilai shífēn shuǎngkǒu 。

The most popular ice bowls during summer were made from melon candied fruit, almond tofu, raisins, fresh walnuts, yam, jujube paste etc. They were freezed into ice and tasted extremely refreshing.

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哎呀老白，我就是王婆卖瓜自卖自夸，托网络科技的福，才有机会与不少同好交流切磋。

āiyā lǎoBái ，wǒ jiùshì Wángpómàiguā zìmàizìkuā ，tuō wǎngluò kējì de fú ，cái yǒu jīhuì yǔ bùshǎo tónghào jiāoliú qiēcuō 。

Agh, Laobai, I'm really tooting my own flute. It's only thanks to internet technology that I've gotten the opportunity to swap ideas with a group of people with the same interests as me.

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我就是刚才那个找阿牛的啊，哈哈哈，你个傻瓜。

wǒ jiùshì gāngcái nàge zhǎo Ā Niú de ā ，hā hā hā ，nǐ gè shǎguā 。

I'm the guy who was looking for Aniu just now, ha ha. You idiot.

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那么，全家老少一起坐在电视机旁，边嗑瓜子边看春晚？

nàme ，quánjiā lǎo shǎo yīqǐ zuò zài diànshìjī páng ，biān kē guāzǐ biān kàn chūn wǎn ？

So, it's the whole family sat in front of the TV, munching on roasted melon seeds watching the Gala?

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有可能，我觉得他们的小菜有点不新鲜。我吃的时候就觉得他们的凉拌黄瓜味道有点奇怪。/

yǒu kěnéng ，wǒ juéde tāmen de xiǎocài yǒudiǎn bù xīnxiān 。wǒ chī de shíhou jiù juéde tāmen de liángbàn huángguā wèidao yǒudiǎn qíguài 。/

It's possible, I think their side dishes were not fresh. When I ate them, I felt that their cucumber salad tasted a bit weird.

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第一：当地时间11日，英国伦敦传出一条爆炸性新闻：在厄瓜多尔驻英使馆生活了近7年的“维基揭秘”网站创始人朱利安·阿桑奇被英国警方逮捕。

dìyī ：dāngdì shíjiān rì ，Yīngguó Lúndūn chuánchū yī tiáo bàozhà xìng xīnwén ：zài Èguāduōěr zhù Yīng shǐguǎn shēnghuó le jìn nián de “wéijī jiēmì ”wǎngzhàn chuàngshǐrén Zhūlìān · bèi Yīngguó jǐngfāng dàibǔ 。

1: At 11th local time, London, England reported a breaking news: Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks website, who had lived in the embassy of Ecuador for nearly seven years, was arrested by the British police.

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