绝版 (jué bǎn) — (verb) go out of print; no longer published

Definition

Examples

• 那本小说已经绝版多年了。
  Nà běn xiǎo shuō yǐ jīng jué bǎn duō nián le.
  That novel has been out of print for many years.
• 这本词典绝了版，市面上再也买不到了。
  Zhè běn cí diǎn jué le bǎn, shì miàn shàng zài yě mǎi bú dào le.
  This dictionary has gone out of print; you can no longer find it on the market.
• 因为销量不好，这本书很快就绝版了。
  Yīn wèi xiāo liàng bù hǎo, zhè běn shū hěn kuài jiù jué bǎn le.
  Because sales were poor, this book quickly went out of print.