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成本

cost

成本
chéngběn2nd tone
Pinyin
chéngběn
Strokes
11
In episodes
2

Stroke order for 成本

成本 is written with 11 strokes (: 6, : 5). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

HSK 4. The whole argument runs on it: thirty thousand dollars buys almost nothing in advertising.

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用三万美元的成本,换来几百万人主动去看这个牌子的名字,这笔生意非常划算。

Spending thirty thousand dollars to get millions of people voluntarily reading the brand's name is an excellent piece of business.

Snoop Dogg Will Pay Someone $10,000 a Month to Eat Ice Cream — and It Started on His Father's Dairy Farm

Difficulty

关键在于成本

The crucial part is cost.

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