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Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)
spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles)
the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month
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surname Qiu
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autumn / fall / harvest time
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fall; autumn
late autumn
a thousand years / your birthday (honorific)
each has its own merits (idiom)
lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind
early autumn
second month of autumn / 8th month of the lunar calendar
(idiom) troubled times; eventful period
dark and swarthy
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old variant of
harvest season
old and decrepit / proud of one's age and experience (idiom)
for all eternity (idiom)
a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
after innumerable ages
Cho Chang (Harry Potter)
lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家, compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代 Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦
one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明 / usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传
lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons; fig. to see only a small piece of the big picture
Mr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋, early history, probably written during Han dynasty, same as 公羊傳|公羊传
history of the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 by Cui Hong 崔鴻|崔鸿, written towards the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏, 100 scrolls
Cheng Yanqiu (1904-1958), famous Beijing opera star, second only to 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳
yellowish / dirty yellow
a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
early autumn / 7th month of the lunar calendar
History of Ten States of South China (1669) by Wu Renchen 吳任臣|吴任臣, 114 scrolls
History of the Southern States Wu and Yue (traditional rivals), compiled by Han historian Zhao Ye 趙曄|赵晔, 10 extant scrolls
Tales of Yanzi, book describing the life and wisdom of Yanzi 晏子 (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States
Liqiu or Start of Autumn, 13th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd August


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