八苦 in English ba1 ku3 Meaning

Meanings

  • the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)

Simplified Characters

八 苦

Traditional Characters

八 苦

Pinyin

ba1 ku3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

八ba1eight 苦ku3bitter