苦集灭道
the Four Noble Truths in Buddhism
Frequency 2.5
Meanings
- the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1zheng4dao4]
- also called 四諦|四谛[si4di4]