one falling leaf is indicative of the coming of autumn

one falling leaf is indicative of the coming of autumn

Ye luozhiqiu is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is y è Lu ò zh ī Qi ū, which means to see the leaves fall and know the coming of autumn. It means to infer the development trend of things from subtle changes. From the five Lantern Festival.

The origin of Idioms

In the Song Dynasty, Shi Puji's five lanterns meet the Yuan Dynasty, Volume 20: "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."

Idiom usage

It means to predict the development of things from subtle changes. Example Huainanzi shuoshan Xun: "when you see a leaf falling, you know that it will be late." In Tang Geng's Wenlu of the Song Dynasty, "there is a poem in the Tang Dynasty that says:" mountain monks can't count the number of Jiazi, and one leaf knows the autumn of the world. "It is also called" one leaf knows the autumn. ".