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苦海

kǔ hǎi

2-character word

What 苦海 means

1. lit. sea of bitterness
2. abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term)
3. depths of misery

The characters in 苦海

• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things

Words starting with 苦海

• 苦海茫茫kǔ hǎi máng mángsea of bitterness is vast (idiom)
• 苦海无边，回头是岸kǔ hǎi wú biān , huí tóu shì ànThe sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only…

Words containing 苦海

• 脱离苦海tuō lí kǔ hǎito escape from the abyss of suffering; to shed off a wretched plight