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autumn noun—秋 n (almost always used) ()秋季 n (often used) ()秋天 n ()Examples:autumn exam (triennial provincial exam during Ming and Qing)—lit. settling accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom); wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts—Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)—the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month—the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month—lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); drive out the old and make a clean sweep—cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August—the Hundred Schools of Thought, the various schools of thought and their exponents during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC)—name of warship of Wu kingdom during Spring and Autumn period—vassal state during the Spring and Autumn Period 770-475 BC—lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom); the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop—Wen Zhong (-467 BC), adviser the state of Yue during Spring and Autumn period—lit. as the autumn breeze passes the ear (idiom); not in the least concerned—Zi Chan (?-522 BC), statesman and philosopher during the Spring and Autumn period—autumn trial (judicial hearing of capital cases during Ming and Qing)—limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes)—lit. seeing clearly the downy feather of autumn (idiom, from Mencius); fig. sensitive the finest detail—ruling families during Spring and Autumn period—the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods—Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC)—Bo Le (horse connoisseur during Spring and Autumn Period)—the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221) periods—capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC)—a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)—The Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period—flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law—sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter [idiom.]—lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn [idiom.]— |