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水到渠成

shuǐ dào qú chéng

4-character word

What 水到渠成 means

1. lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom)
2. fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally

The characters in 水到渠成

• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 到dàoto reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
• 渠qú(artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch; (literary) big; great; (dialect) he; she; him…
• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete