“年关”一词常指阴历年底。旧时商业往来,年底必须结清欠帐,欠债的人过年就像过关一样,故称年底为“年关”。仅就生活而言,现在再把过年视为过“关”的人可谓稀矣。但从另一些方面看,过年仍然是对某些人和事 “Year off” often refers to the end of the lunar calendar. Business contacts in the old days must be settled by the end of the year. Debt holders, like the new year, pass through the New Year. As far as life is concerned, the people who now regard the New Year as a “gateway” can scarcely say anything. But in other ways, the New Year is still for some people and things