cold weather sets in as the year draws to its close

cold weather sets in as the year draws to its close

The Chinese idiom "Su ì m ù Ti ā NH á n" refers to the cold scene at the end of the year. From the annals of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

The source of the idiom is Chapter 46 of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty: "it's cold at the end of the year, and it's time to have a rest, so that you can take it again."