autumn; fall; harvest time

a thousand years; your birthday (honorific)

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

second month of autumn; 8th month of the lunar calendar

early autumn; 7th month of the lunar calendar

(Tw) (coll.) mouthy; cocky and verbally provocative

Cho Chang (Harry Potter)

early autumn

late autumn

Liqiu or Start of Autumn, 13th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd August

fall; autumn

harvest season

Cheng Yanqiu (1904-1958), famous Beijing opera star, second only to 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1]

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[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1], compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu:3 Bu4 wei2]

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

a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)

a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)

after innumerable ages

for all eternity (idiom)

Mr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history, probably written during Han dynasty, same as 公羊傳|公羊传[Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4]

History of Ten States of South China (1669) by Wu Renchen 吳任臣|吴任臣[Wu2 Ren4 chen2], 114 scrolls

each has its own merits (idiom)

History of the Southern States Wu and Yue (traditional rivals), compiled by Han historian Zhao Ye 趙曄|赵晔[Zhao4 Ye4], 10 extant scrolls

(idiom) troubled times; eventful period

Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]; usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]

Tales of Yanzi, book describing the life and wisdom of Yanzi 晏子 (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States

see 灰不溜丟|灰不溜丢[hui1 bu5 liu1 diu1]

old and decrepit; proud of one's age and experience (idiom)

see 酸不溜丟|酸不溜丢[suan1 bu5 liu1 diu1]

yellowish; dirty yellow

dark and swarthy

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

"the short-lived cicada knows nothing of spring or autumn" (from the Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); (fig.) to have a limited perspective

one day apart seems like three years (idiom)