多事之秋

troubled times / eventful period

matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

many; much / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

autumn / fall / harvest time

old variant of 秋[qiu1]

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

meddlesome / eventful