tiē​běn

to lose money

  • created reference approved 贴本/貼本 → 贴本钱/貼本錢 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    贴本 / 貼本 tiē​běn

    贴本钱 / 貼本錢 tiē​běn​qián

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 贴本/貼本 · tiē​běn · to lose money — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    贴本 / 貼本

    tiē​běn

    to lose money

    to lose one's capital or principal in a business venture; to sell something for less than it cost to produce or buy

    贴, 本

    贴 (literal) → 贴/貼 · tiē · to subsidize 本 (literal) → 本 · běn · capital

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

    created sense