| 八 |
bā kǔ | 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) |
| 八 |
bā | eight |
| 苦 |
kǔ | bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly |