沉没成本

Traditional form:

沉沒成本

Pinyin (reading):

chénmòchéngběn

Definitions:

• sunk cost (economics)

Characters:

• 沉 - to sink, to submerge; profound, deep
• 没 - not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
• 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis

Traditional characters:

• 沉 - to sink, to submerge; profound, deep
• 沒 - not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
• 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis