一叶知秋 meaning in English
one falling leaf is indicative of the coming of autumn.; a small sign can indicate a great trend.; a straw shows which way the wind blows.; it is a straw in the wind.; the falling of one leaf heralds [indicates] the autumn.; the fall of one leaf is enough to tell of autumn's arrival
Examples
- You may know by a handful the whole sack
见一把就知整袋；一叶知秋。 - Generally , whatever the autumn the spring , knows itself by itself
总的来讲还是一叶知秋，春江水暖，冷暖自知。 - In order to make sense of more details about china judicial reform , the dissertation gives a description of three examples . they are pingshan county court in backward rural area , wuhan court in the developing urban area and shanhai court in the developed urban area
全景式地描述了三个有代表性的法院民事司法改革的“图像” ，即贫困地区的河北省平山县法院，中等地区的武汉中级法院和发达地区的上海法院，以期达到“一叶知秋”的目的。