end of the year; year's end
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
end of the year; close of the year
literaryLiterary term for the end of the year. More formal and elegant than 年底.
Suì岁
miǎo杪
zhī之
jì际
，
jiā家
jiā家
hù户
hù户
dōu都
zài在
zhǔn准
bèi备
guò过
nián年
。
At the end of the year, every household is preparing for the New Year.
Shí时
zhí值
suì岁
miǎo杪
，
tiān天
hán寒
dì地
dòng冻
。
It is the end of the year, and the weather is freezing cold.
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Tā他
zài在
suì岁
miǎo杪
wán完
chéng成
le了
zhè这
bù部
zhù著
zuò作
。
He completed this work at the close of the year.