shí​běn​shēng​yì

unprofitable venture

  • created sense approved 蚀本生意/蝕本生意 · shí​běn​shēng​yì · unprofitable venture — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蚀本生意 / 蝕本生意

    shí​běn​shēng​yì

    unprofitable venture

    a business or venture that loses money; a lossmaking undertaking

    蚀本 (literal) → 蚀本/蝕本 · shí​běn · to lose capital 生意 (literal) → 生意 · shēng​yi · business

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense