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苦海无边，回头是岸

kǔ hǎi wú biān , huí tóu shì àn

9-character word Traditional 苦海無邊，回頭是岸

What 苦海无边，回头是岸 means

1. The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.
2. Repent and ye shall be saved!

The characters in 苦海无边，回头是岸

• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 边biānside; edge; margin
• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 岸ànbank; shore; beach; coast