bể khổ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 苦海 (khổ hải).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓe˧˩ xo˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓej˧˨ kʰow˧˨] ~ [ʔɓej˧˨ xow˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓej˨˩˦ kʰow˨˩˦] ~ [ʔɓej˨˩˦ xow˨˩˦]

Noun

bể khổ

  1. (originally Buddhism) sea of suffering; ocean of misery
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