四苦八苦

しくはっく

being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

Meanings

  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive

    being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money)Four-character idiom
  2. Noun

    the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)Four-character idiom

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