Autumn is known when a leaf falls(yī yè luò zhī tiān xià qiū)

Autumn is known when a leaf falls

·From the withering of a leaf, we know the coming of autumn. Metaphor through individual subtle signs, we can see the development trend and results of the whole situation.

·Sometimes it is also compared to the withering of a leaf, but it is considered to be the coming of the whole autumn. It means to be false.

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"Huainanzi shuoshan Xun" says: "to see the big from the small, to see a leaf fall and know the twilight of the year." [song] Tang Geng's Wenlu quoted a poem from the Tang Dynasty: "mountain monks do not know how to count Jiazi, a leaf falls to know the autumn of the world." "One leaf falls and knows the autumn of the world" is quoted in Volume 24 of Taiping Yulan. Pronunciation: y ī y è Lu ò erzh ī Ti ā nxi à Qi ū

interpretation

·From the withering of a leaf, we know the coming of autumn. Metaphor through individual subtle signs, we can see the development trend and results of the whole situation. Sometimes it is compared to the fall of a leaf, but it is considered that the whole autumn is coming. It means to be false.

relevant

·In 2009, Guangzhou senior high school graduation class comprehensive test (1) Chinese composition to "a leaf falls to know the world autumn" as the topic. The author Yu Dafu once quoted it in autumn in the old capital.

Chinese PinYin : yī yè luò zhī tiān xià qiū