秋風掃落葉
简 秋风扫落叶 · 繁 秋風掃落葉Meanings
- lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the old and make a clean sweep
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- 秋
- qiū · autumn, fall; year
- 風
- fēng · wind; air; manners, atmosphere; Kangxi radical 182
- 掃
- sǎo · sweep, clear away; exterminate
- 落
- luò · fall, drop; net income, surplus
- 葉
- yè · leaf, petal; page of book; period
- 风
- fēng · wind; air; manners, atmosphere
- 扫
- sǎo · sweep, clear away; exterminate
- 叶
- yè · to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf
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Mandarin tones
1–1–3–4–4 · qiu1 feng1 sao3 luo4 ye4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cau1 fung1 sou3 lok6 jip6
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phrase
- (figurative) to take by storm; to blow away (in a competition); to blow out of the water
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