瓜熟蒂落

Chinese

melon; claw; gourd
melon; claw; gourd; squash
 
familiar; skilled; ripe
familiar; skilled; ripe; done; cooked
 
stem (of fruit) to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
trad. (瓜熟蒂落)
simp. #(瓜熟蒂落)

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guāshúdìluò, guāshóudìluò
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ ㄕㄨˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ, ㄍㄨㄚ ㄕㄡˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa1 suk6 dai3 lok6

Idiom

瓜熟蒂落

  1. things naturally succeed once a suitable time has arrived and conditions are met