suì

common

Meaning of 卒岁

卒岁 means to get through the year; to spend a year (often implying subsistence or hardship). Pronounced zú suì.

  • to get through the year; to spend a year (often implying subsistence or hardship)

Definitions & Examples

Liáo
suì
 

Just enough to get through the year.

Tián
jiā
zhōng
suì
láo
 
jǐn
suì
ér
 

Farming families toil all year round, barely enough to subsist through the year.

Xiōng
nián
suì
 
mín
nán
suì
 

In years of bad harvest and famine, the people find it hard to get through the year.