1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā
1 to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏
chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng
1 sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
滚瓜烂熟
gǔn guā làn shú
1 lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently
2 to know sth inside out
3 to know sth by heart
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸
wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
2 all one's geese are swans
瓜熟蒂落
guā shú dì luò
1 when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠
guā tián bù nà lu:3 , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān
1 lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
2 fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion
3 innocent acts may be misconstrued
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆
zhòng guā dé guā , zhòng dòu dé dòu
1 lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap.
2 One must live with the consequences of one's actions.