秋风扫落叶 (秋風掃落葉)
qiū fēng sǎo luò yè
Pinyin
Definition
秋风扫落叶 (秋風掃落葉)
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- lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the old and make a clean sweep
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 downcast
- 2 gloomy
- 3 to decline
- 1 to degrade
- 2 to degenerate
- 3 to become depraved
- 4 corrupt
- 5 a fall from grace
- 1 to lose (sth)
- 2 to drop (sth)
- 3 to feel a sense of loss
- 4 frustrated
- 5 disappointment
- 6 loss
- 1 surname Qiu
- 1 to leave out
- 2 to be missing
- 3 to leave behind or forget to bring
- 4 to lag or fall behind
Idioms (20)
一日三秋
- 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见,如隔三秋
- 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一落千丈
- 1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
- 3 to take a dive
一叶知秋
- 1 lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)
- 2 fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend
- 3 a straw in the wind
一雨成秋
- 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)