叶落知秋yè luò zhī qiūone falling leaf isindicative of the coming of autumn—everything ispart of a whole; small signs can indicate a greattrend
❍ ～，举一明三。(《五灯会元》二十) Small signscan indicate a great trend. From one instanceinferences about other cases can be drawn. 叶落知秋yè luò zhī qiū比喻从微小的变化中来预测事物的发展趋势。one falling leaf is indicative of the coming of autumn, one leaf’s falling tells the coming of autumn |