"一葉知秋" meaning in 漢語

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Phrase

IPA: /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jɐt̚⁵ jiːp̚² t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, IPA] Forms: 一叶知秋 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 比喻由局部的、細小的徵兆,可推知事物的演變和趨勢
    Sense id: zh-一葉知秋-zh-phrase-I98CluBC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 見微知著 [Traditional-Chinese], 见微知著 [Simplified-Chinese], 嘗鼎一臠 (chángdǐngyīluán) [Traditional-Chinese], 尝鼎一脔 (chángdǐngyīluán) [Simplified-Chinese], 因小見大 [Traditional-Chinese], 因小见大 [Simplified-Chinese], 落葉知秋 [Traditional-Chinese], 落叶知秋 [Simplified-Chinese]
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      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
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    },
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    },
    {
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      "name": "帶「知」的漢語詞",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「秋」的漢語詞",
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      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「葉」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有一字而變調為第二聲的官話詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有引文的文言文詞",
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      "source": "w"
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
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      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "ref": "劉安 西漢 《淮南子・說山》",
      "roman": "Yǐ xiǎo míng dà, jiàn yī luòyè ér zhī suì zhī jiāng mù; dǔ píng zhōng zhī bīng ér zhī tiānxià zhī hán.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "以小明大,見一落葉而知歲之將暮;睹瓶中之冰而知天下之寒。"
    },
    {
      "ref": "劉安 西漢 《淮南子・說山》",
      "roman": "Yǐ xiǎo míng dà, jiàn yī luòyè ér zhī suì zhī jiāng mù; dǔ píng zhōng zhī bīng ér zhī tiānxià zhī hán.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "以小明大,见一落叶而知岁之将暮;睹瓶中之冰而知天下之寒。"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "一叶知秋",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成语",
  "senses": [
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        "比喻由局部的、細小的徵兆,可推知事物的演變和趨勢"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yīyèzhīqiū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄧㄝˋ ㄓ ㄑㄧㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jat¹ jip⁶ zi¹ cau¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yīyèzhīqiū [實際讀音:yíyèzhīqiū]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄧㄝˋ ㄓ ㄑㄧㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yiyèjhihciou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i¹-yeh⁴-chih¹-chʻiu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yī-yè-jr̄-chyōu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iyehjychiou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "иечжицю (iječžicju)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jat¹ jip⁶ zi¹ cau¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yāt yihp jī chāu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jat⁷ jip⁹ dzi¹ tsau¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yed¹ yib⁶ ji¹ ceo¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ jiːp̚² t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "見微知著"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "见微知著"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chángdǐngyīluán",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "嘗鼎一臠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chángdǐngyīluán",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "尝鼎一脔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "因小見大"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "因小见大"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "落葉知秋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "落叶知秋"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "一葉知秋"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「一」的漢語詞",
    "帶「知」的漢語詞",
    "帶「秋」的漢語詞",
    "帶「葉」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有一字而變調為第二聲的官話詞",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有引文的文言文詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "ref": "劉安 西漢 《淮南子・說山》",
      "roman": "Yǐ xiǎo míng dà, jiàn yī luòyè ér zhī suì zhī jiāng mù; dǔ píng zhōng zhī bīng ér zhī tiānxià zhī hán.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "以小明大,見一落葉而知歲之將暮;睹瓶中之冰而知天下之寒。"
    },
    {
      "ref": "劉安 西漢 《淮南子・說山》",
      "roman": "Yǐ xiǎo míng dà, jiàn yī luòyè ér zhī suì zhī jiāng mù; dǔ píng zhōng zhī bīng ér zhī tiānxià zhī hán.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "以小明大,见一落叶而知岁之将暮;睹瓶中之冰而知天下之寒。"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "一叶知秋",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成语",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "比喻由局部的、細小的徵兆,可推知事物的演變和趨勢"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yīyèzhīqiū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄧㄝˋ ㄓ ㄑㄧㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jat¹ jip⁶ zi¹ cau¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yīyèzhīqiū [實際讀音:yíyèzhīqiū]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧ ㄧㄝˋ ㄓ ㄑㄧㄡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yiyèjhihciou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i¹-yeh⁴-chih¹-chʻiu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yī-yè-jr̄-chyōu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iyehjychiou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "иечжицю (iječžicju)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ jɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jat¹ jip⁶ zi¹ cau¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yāt yihp jī chāu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jat⁷ jip⁹ dzi¹ tsau¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yed¹ yib⁶ ji¹ ceo¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐt̚⁵ jiːp̚² t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "標準粵語",
        "廣州–香港話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "見微知著"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "见微知著"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chángdǐngyīluán",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "嘗鼎一臠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chángdǐngyīluán",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "尝鼎一脔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "因小見大"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "因小见大"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "落葉知秋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "落叶知秋"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "一葉知秋"
}

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