沉沦

chén lún

2-character word Traditional 沉淪

What 沉沦 means

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

The characters in 沉沦

沉chénto submerge; to immerse; to sink
沦lúnto sink (into ruin, oblivion); to be reduced to

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