The autumn wind sighed, and the leaves came down one after another.
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usage
Literary. It describes the sighing of autumn wind and the cold, bare scene it leaves behind. For a slump in business, use 萧条.
culture
Cao Cao's poem 《观沧海》 has 秋风萧瑟，洪波涌起, 'the autumn wind sighs, great waves surge up'. In 1954 Mao Zedong answered it in his ci 《浪淘沙·北戴河》: 萧瑟秋风今又是, 'the sighing autumn wind is here again'.
