Meaning
'Who baan fi heng cyaa drown' — he who is born to be hanged cannot drown. You cannot escape your destined fate: what is meant for you will find you in the end, one way or another, no matter how you try to avoid it. The proverb voices a fatalist streak in the folk wisdom, half warning and half consolation — that a person's appointed end will come by its own road, and that dodging one danger is no escape if a particular destiny is written for you.
Examples
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Him survive di crash — who baan fi heng cyaa drown.
He survived the crash — you can't die before your time.
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Stop worry so much; who baan fi heng cyaa drown.
Stop worrying so much; what's meant to be will be.
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Him escape every time; who baan fi heng cyaa drown.
He escapes every time; fate has its own plan for him.
Origin
An old fatalist saying — the one destined for the gallows will not meet death by water; your appointed fate cannot be dodged.
How it’s used
Used about fate and near-misses — the belief that what is destined will come to pass regardless of one's efforts to avoid it.