bể khổ

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 苦海 (khổ hải).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(originally Buddhism) sea of suffering; ocean of misery

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