bể khổ

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Calque of Chinese 苦海 (khổ hải).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bể khổ

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