This phrase is from the solar terms and one of the subdivided one, allocated loosely to the first week of September.

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It roughly means “rice ripens”.

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As I am quite ignorant about rice cultivation, I at first wondered if it was already the season of rice ripening.

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Then yesterday, I found a post by my new acquaintance in the artistic society, saying she and her family had harvested this year’s rice.

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