沉沦

Traditional form:

沉淪

Pinyin (reading):

chénlún

Definitions:

• to sink into (vice, depravity etc)
• to pass into oblivion
• downfall; passing

Characters:

• 沉 - to sink, to submerge; profound, deep
• 沦 - sunk, submerged; to perish, to be lost

Traditional characters:

• 沉 - to sink, to submerge; profound, deep
• 淪 - sunk, submerged; to perish, to be lost