水到渠成

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Chinese

[edit]
water; river
to (a place); until (a time); up to
to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive
 
big; stream or canal; drain
big; stream or canal; drain; ditch
 
finish; complete; accomplish
finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
 
trad. (水到渠成)
simp. #(水到渠成)
Literally: “where the water flows, a channel forms”.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Idiom

[edit]

水到渠成

  1. to achieve something without effort; effortless; something which comes naturally