瓜熟蒂落

Traditional form:

瓜熟蒂落

Pinyin (reading):

guāshúdìluò

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 瓜 - melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
• 熟 - well-cooked; ripe, mature; familiar with
• 蒂 - root cause; the stem of a fruit; the peduncle of a flower
• 落 - to fall, to drop; surplus, net income

Traditional characters:

• 瓜 - melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
• 熟 - well-cooked; ripe, mature; familiar with
• 蒂 - root cause; the stem of a fruit; the peduncle of a flower
• 落 - to fall, to drop; surplus, net income