苦集滅道 kǔ jí miè dào

the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. 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 灭miè, the way 道dào to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道bā zhèng dao
  2. 2. also called 四谛sì dì

Characters

Character Meaning
苦 kǔ HSK 4
bitter; to suffer; hardship
集 jí HSK 5
to collect; to gather; collected works
滅 miè
to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc)
道 dào HSK 2
to say; to speak; to talk