葉落知秋yè luò zhī qiūone falling leaf isindicative of the coming of autumn—everything ispart of a whole; small signs can indicate a greattrend
? ～，舉一明三。(《五燈會(huì)元》二十) Small signscan indicate a great trend. From one instanceinferences about other cases can be drawn. 葉落知秋yè luò zhī qiū比喻從微小的變化中來(lái)預(yù)測(cè)事物的發(fā)展趨勢(shì)。one falling leaf is indicative of the coming of autumn, one leaf’s falling tells the coming of autumn |