叶落知秋 yèluòzhīqiū to see the sign of things to come Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 叶落知秋 葉落知秋 yèluòzhīqiū to see the sign of things to come the falling of one leaf signals the arrival of autumn; a metaphor for being able to foresee the development of a situation from a small sign or tiny change Frequency Written text 0.006 per million Cross-References Synonym 一叶知秋 yīyèzhīqiū Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
叶落知秋 葉落知秋 yèluòzhīqiū to see the sign of things to come the falling of one leaf signals the arrival of autumn; a metaphor for being able to foresee the development of a situation from a small sign or tiny change Frequency Written text 0.006 per million Cross-References Synonym 一叶知秋 yīyèzhīqiū Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)