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Idiom

To Know Autumn from a Single Leaf

传统表达 · classical sources · four-character fixed expression

to infer a broader change from one early sign

一叶知秋

Idiom

Constant Dripping Wears Away Stone

传统表达 · attested in Song-period sources · four-character fixed expression

persistence can overcome great difficulty

水滴石穿

Idiom

Drawing Legs on a Snake

佚名 · Warring States story · four-character fixed expression

to ruin something by overdoing it

画蛇添足

Idiom

Blossoms in Bloom, Moon at Its Fullest

传统表达 · since the Song–Yuan period · four-character fixed expression

a wish for happiness and reunion

花好月圆