This plant is prone to early decline under drought conditions.
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Used both medically (人体早衰 'premature human aging' / 早衰症 'progeria') and metaphorically/agriculturally (作物早衰 'crops aging early', 叶片早衰 'leaves wilting early'). Modern health-and-wellness articles frequently warn about lifestyle causes of 早衰: 熬夜 (staying up late), 压力 (stress), 抽烟 (smoking).
memory
早 ('early') + 衰 ('decline/decay'). The character 衰 also appears in 衰老 (shuāilǎo, 'to grow old'), 衰退 (shuāituì, 'decline / recession'), 衰弱 (shuāiruò, 'weakened') — all about decay or weakening.
