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The featured idiom 「水到魚行」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

It means that if the conditions are met, things can be accomplished.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shuǐ dào yú háng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

seui2 dou3/dou2 yu2 haang4/hong4/hang4

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