瓜熟蒂落
guā shú dì luò
Pinyin
Definition
瓜熟蒂落
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- when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 idiot
- 2 fool
- 1 to lose (sth)
- 2 to drop (sth)
- 3 to feel a sense of loss
- 4 frustrated
- 5 disappointment
- 6 loss
- 1 mature
- 2 ripe
- 3 to mature
- 4 to ripen
- 5 Taiwan pr. [chéng shóu]
- 1 papaya (Carica papaya)
- 2 genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae
- 3 Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
- 1 cooked (of food)
- 2 ripe (of fruit)
- 3 mature (of seeds)
- 4 familiar
- 5 skilled
- 6 done
- 7 also pr. [shóu]
Idioms (20)
一回生二回熟
- 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一落千丈
- 1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
- 3 to take a dive
七零八落
- 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
不见棺材不落泪
- 1 lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)
- 2 fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
中箭落马
- 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
- 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)