「出門睇木棉，木棉知冷暖」
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| Pronunciation： | ceot1 mun4 tai2 muk6 min4 muk6 min4 zi1 laang5 nyun5 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
出 to go out; to come out; to issue; to publish; to produce; to grow; to appear; to offer; to give; to provide; to go beyond; to use; to bring out; to show 門 door; opening; school of thought; branch of study; methods, ways; gate; entrance 睇 to look; to look at; to see; to watch; to check; to find out; to think; to judge; to consider; to depend on; to be affected by; to take care of; to keep an eye on; to monitor; be careful of; be wary of 木 wood; tree 棉 cotton 木 wood; tree 棉 cotton 知 to know; knowledge; to realise; to understand; to inform 冷 cold; cool; knitting yarn 暖 warm; to keep sth warm; (physically) warm; (mentally) warm; touching |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
Cotton tree changes its form in accordance to the four seasons. Red flowers blossom in the spring which is replaced by green leaves in the summer. They fell off by the autumn and the tree is reduced to bare branches by the winter. One knows the seasonal changes by observing the different forms of cotton tree.
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