苦海
fu2 hoi2kǔ hǎi
English
- lit. sea of bitterness
- abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term)
- depths of misery
- Buddhist term of reality, real world; figuratively: the abyss of misery
粵語 — Cantonese
- 佛家用語,指現實世界;比喻艱難、痛苦嘅處境
Examples
我好想幫佢脱離苦海。
I really want to help him out of his abyss of pain.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk