Chinese Word: 杪 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

杪

Pinyin: miǎo

English Definition: the limit; tip of branch

Chinese Definition:
①树枝的细梢。
②指年月或四季的末尾：岁杪。月杪。秋杪。

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 木

Ideographic:The tip 少 of a branch 木; 少 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 木 [ mù ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 少 [ shǎo ] few, little; less; inadequate

Similar Characters: 炒

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	月杪	yuè miǎo	last few days of the month
	年杪岁卒	nián miǎo suì zú	by the end of the year (idiom)

1		yī jiǔ sì sān nián 一九四三年 miǎo 杪， méng jūn 盟军 yóu 由 nán 南 yì 义 dà lì 大利 běi shàng 北上， yí lù 一路 zhēng zhàn 征战， zhí zhǐ 直指 luó mǎ 罗马， zài 在 kǎ xīn 卡辛 nuò shān 诺山 yù dào 遇到 měng liè 猛烈 dǐ kàng 抵抗。 In late 1943, the allies were fighting their way up from southern Italy towards Rome when they encountered fierce resistance around Monte Cassino.
2		shì 是 yǐ 以 qún 群 shēng 生 yǐ 以 cháng 长， wàn wù 万物 fān 蕃 zhí 殖， chūn 春 fá 伐 kū gǎo 枯槁， xià shōu 夏收 bǎi 百 guǒ 果， qiū 秋 xù 蓄 shū 蔬 shí 食， dōng 冬 qǔ 取 miǎo 杪， yǐ wéi 以为 mín zī 民资。 Yes to local to long, of all things foreign colonization, spring sprouted, summer all kinds of fruits, fresh autumn and storing vegetables, taking the limit in winter, thinking that private capital.