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Open the tool →叶落知秋 (yè luò zhī qiū) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to infer future trends or developments from subtle signs”.
叶落知秋 is pronounced yè luò zhī qiū in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 叶落知秋 means “Falling leaves announce autumn”. It is used to mean “to infer future trends or developments from subtle signs”.
看到树叶落,便知秋天到来。比喻从细微的变化可以推测事物的发展趋向。