To get gifts or money from someone by using some pretext or connection. Originally relatives and friends sought gifts from a person who had become an official. Critical or mocking. Close to 'to sponge off someone'.
Wordplay
风 (fēng, wind) stands for 丰 (fēng, abundant): the 'autumn wind' is really the 'autumn harvest', which others come to share.
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