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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 水到渠成
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 水到渠成 | shuǐ dào qú chéng | - lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) - fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 23,319 | 29,139 | 27,638 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 水 | shuǐ | - surname Shui |
| 水 | shuǐ | - water - (after a name) ... River - to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) - (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy - (bound form) additional cost; extra income - classifier for washings of a garment |
| 到 | dào | - to reach; to arrive - to leave for; to go to - to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) - (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) - considerate; thoughtful; thorough |
| 渠 | qú | - surname Qu |
| 渠 | jù | - how can it be that? |
| 渠 | qú | - (artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2]) - (literary) big; great - (dialect) he; she; him; her - (old) rim of a carriage wheel; felloe |
| 成 | chéng | - surname Cheng - short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2du1] |
| 成 | chéng | - to succeed - to finish - to complete - to accomplish - to become - to turn into - to be all right - OK! - one tenth |
Other Words Containing 水到渠成
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 水到渠成 | - | - | 23,319 | 29,139 | 27,638 |