一叶知秋
yī​yè​zhī​qiū

a straw in the wind

  • created sense approved 一叶知秋/一葉知秋 · yī​yè​zhī​qiū · a straw in the wind — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一叶知秋 / 一葉知秋

    yī​yè​zhī​qiū

    a straw in the wind

    literally meaning the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn, this idiom describes how a small sign or subtle change can indicate a significant trend or the development of a situation

    yí​yè​zhī​qiū

    一叶 (literal) → 一叶/一葉 · yī​yè · a single leaf 知 (literal) → 知 · zhī · to know 秋 (literal) → 秋 · qiū · autumn

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense