年關
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Chinese[edit]
year | to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass | ||
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trad. (年關) | 年 | 關 | |
simp. (年关) | 年 | 关 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
年關
- end of the year (formerly time for settling accounts)
- 到了年關,掌櫃取下粉板說,「孔乙己還欠十九個錢呢!」 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1919, Lu Xun, 孔乙己 (Kung I-chi)
- Dàole niánguān, zhǎngguì qǔ xià fěnbǎn shuō, “Kǒng Yǐjǐ hái qiàn shíjiǔ ge qián ne!” [Pinyin]
- At the end of the year, when the tavern keeper took down the board, he said, "Kung I-chi still owes nineteen coppers!"
到了年关,掌柜取下粉板说,「孔乙己还欠十九个钱呢!」 [MSC, simp.]