a straw shows which way the wind blows(luò yè zhī qiū)

a straw shows which way the wind blows

Fall leaves know autumn, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Lu ò y è zh ī Qi ū, meaning to see the landing of yellow leaves, know it is autumn is coming. From Huainanzi shuoshan Xun.

The origin of Idioms

"Huainanzi shuoshan Xun" says: "when you see a leaf falling, you know that it will be dusk."

Idiom usage

The development of the situation can be predicted by a certain sign. Shi Puji's five Lantern Festival in Song Dynasty, Volume 20: "the leaves fall to know the autumn, give one to show three." Xu Deng Zhuan Lu: "the string moves, and the leaves fall to know the autumn." In Huai Nan Zi Shuo Shan written by Liu An of Han Dynasty: "when you see a leaf falling, you know that it will be late." In Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion huaibo of the Ming Dynasty, it is said that the autumn is known by the cold leaves. Tang Xianzu, Ming Dynasty, wrote in the book of Nanke, a general introduction to Xia: "I hate the end of the world and shake off three glasses of wine, like falling leaves to know autumn."

Chinese PinYin : luò yè zhī qiū