秋風掃落葉

lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the old and make a clean sweep

autumn / fall / harvest time

old variant of 秋[qiu1]

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]

to sweep

broom

to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind

colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds

to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement

dead leaves / to lose leaves (of plants) / deciduous

leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats / a surname