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苦集滅道

简苦集灭道 · 繁苦集滅道

Mandarin · pinyin kǔ jí miè dào

the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦 kǔ, the cause of suffering is desire 集 jí, emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅 miè, the way 道 dào to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道 bā zhèng dào
also called 四諦 sì dì

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苦: kǔ · bitter; hardship, suffering
集: jí · assemble, collect together
滅: Look up this written character
道: dào · path, road, street; method, way
灭: miè · extinguish; wipe out, exterminate

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3–2–4–4 · ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4

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