痛苦 tòng kǔ pain / suffering / painful / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 煎熬 jiān áo to suffer / to torture / to torment / ordeal / suffering / torture / torment syn 苦难 苦難 kǔ nàn suffering syn 痛楚 tòng chǔ pain / anguish / suffering syn 害人 hài rén to harm sb / to inflict suffering / to victimize / pernicious syn 免受 miǎn shòu to avoid suffering / to prevent (sth bad) / to protect against (damage) / immunity (from prosecution) / freedom (from pain, damage etc) / exempt from punishment syn 皮肉 pí ròu skin and flesh / superficial / physical (suffering) / bodily 自食其果 zì shí qí guǒ to eat one's own fruit (idiom) / fig. suffering the consequences of one's own action / to reap what one has sown syn 免遭 miǎn zāo to avoid suffering / to avoid meeting (a fatal accident) / spared 苦痛 kǔ tòng pain / suffering syn 苦海 kǔ hǎi lit. sea of bitterness / abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term) / depths of misery syn 痛感 tòng gǎn to feel deeply / acute suffering syn 苦楚 kǔ chǔ suffering / misery / pain (esp. psychological) syn 苦水 kǔ shuǐ bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint syn 疾苦 jí kǔ pain and difficulties / suffering (of the people) syn 打抱不平 dǎ bào bù píng (idiom) to aid sb suffering an injustice / to fight for justice syn 法门 法門 fǎ mén gate to enlightment (Buddhism) / Buddhism / way / method / (old) south gate of a palace syn 血泪 血淚 xuè lèi tears of blood (symbol of extreme suffering) / blood and tears 带病 帶病 dài bìng to be suffering from an illness (often implying "in spite of being sick") / to carry the causative agent of an infectious disease syn 荼毒 tú dú (literary) to cause great suffering syn 卧薪尝胆 臥薪嚐膽 wò xīn cháng dǎn lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom) / fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge syn 忧患 憂患 yōu huàn suffering / misery / hardship syn 隐痛 隱痛 yǐn tòng hidden anguish / secret suffering / (medicine) dull pain syn 祸国殃民 禍國殃民 huò guó yāng mín to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom) syn 苦处 苦處 kǔ chu suffering / distress syn 苦熬 kǔ áo to endure (years of suffering) syn 哑巴亏 啞巴虧 yǎ ba kuī pent-up unspoken grievances / suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of syn 苦 kǔ bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly syn 辛 xīn (of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa syn 楚 chǔ distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old) 水深火热 水深火熱 shuǐ shēn huǒ rè deep water and scorching fire / abyss of suffering (idiom) syn 人间地狱 人間地獄 rén jiān dì yù hell on earth (idiom) / suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive / fig. having an uncomfortable time syn 石女 shí nǚ female suffering absence or atresia of vagina (as birth defect) syn 吃哑巴亏 吃啞巴虧 chī yǎ ba kuī to be forced to suffer in silence / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering syn 熬煎 áo jiān suffering / torture syn 地狱 地獄 dì yù hell / infernal / underworld / (Buddhism) Naraka syn 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 毒气 毒氣 dú qì poison gas / toxic gas / manifestation of passion, anger etc (Buddhism) syn 业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn 报应 報應 bào yìng (Buddhism) divine retribution / karma syn 解脱 解脫 jiě tuō to untie / to free / to absolve of / to get free of / to extirpate oneself / (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries syn 宝藏 寶藏 bǎo zàng precious mineral deposits / hidden treasure / (fig.) treasure / (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law syn 爱河 愛河 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism) 法师 法師 fǎ shī one who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism) syn 人道 rén dào human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse syn 转世 轉世 zhuǎn shì reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism) 轮回 輪迴 lún huí to reincarnate / reincarnation (Buddhism) / (of the seasons etc) to follow each other cyclically / cycle / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 修行 xiū xíng to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism) / to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft syn 佛教 fó jiào Buddhism syn 清净 清淨 qīng jìng peaceful / quiet / tranquil / purified of defiling illusion (Buddhism) syn 正道 zhèng dào the correct path / the right way (Buddhism) syn 西天 xī tiān the Western Paradise (Buddhism) syn 乱世 亂世 luàn shì the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world syn 前世 qián shì previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism) syn 恶果 惡果 è guǒ evil consequence / retribution (in Buddhism) syn 菩萨 菩薩 pú sà (Buddhism) bodhisattva syn 转轮 轉輪 zhuàn lún rotating disk / wheel / rotor / cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism 罗汉 羅漢 luó hàn (Buddhism) arhat (abbr. for 阿羅漢|阿罗汉[a1luo2han4]) syn 禅宗 禪宗 chán zōng Zen Buddhism syn 玄机 玄機 xuán jī profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism) / mysterious principles syn 蒲团 蒲團 pú tuán praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail) 红尘 紅塵 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs syn 净土 淨土 jìng tǔ (Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit) syn 喇嘛 lǎ ma lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism 彼岸 bǐ àn the other shore / (Buddhism) paramita syn 前身 qián shēn forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front syn 大千世界 大韆世界 dà qiān shì jiè great wide world / marvelously diverse world / (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4]) syn 芸芸众生 芸芸眾生 yún yún zhòng shēng every living being (Buddhism) / the mass of common people 超生 chāo shēng (Buddhism) to be reincarnated / (fig.) to be lenient / to spare sb / to have more children than allowed under family planning policy syn 衣钵 衣缽 yī bō the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism) / legacy / mantle 劫数 劫數 jié shù predestined fate (Buddhism) syn 前尘 前塵 qián chén the past / impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism) syn 大我 dà wǒ the collective / the whole / (Buddhism) the greater self syn 信佛 xìn fó to believe in Buddhism 佛门 佛門 fó mén Buddhism syn 善男信女 shàn nán xìn nǚ lay practitioners of Buddhism syn 受戒 shòu jiè to take oaths as a monk (Buddhism) / to take orders 冤孽 yuān niè sin (in Buddhism) / enmity leading to sin syn 佛家 fó jiā Buddhism / Buddhist 阎罗王 閻羅王 yán luó wáng (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell syn 坐化 zuò huà to die in a seated posture (Buddhism) syn 执着 執著 zhí zhuó to be strongly attached to / to be dedicated / to cling to / (Buddhism) attachment syn 有情 yǒu qíng to be in love / sentient beings (Buddhism) 转生 轉生 zhuǎn shēng reincarnation (Buddhism) 菩提 pú tí bodhi (Sanskrit) / enlightenment (Buddhism) syn 大智慧 dà zhì huì great wisdom and knowledge (Buddhism) 般若 bō rě (Buddhism) wisdom / insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā) 八戒 bā jiè the eight precepts (Buddhism) 出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc / to exhale (Buddhism) syn 涅盘 涅槃 niè pán (Buddhism) nirvana 山门 山門 shān mén monastery main gate (Buddhism) / monastery 外教 wài jiào foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师) / greenhorn / novice / amateurish / religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists) 峨眉山 é méi shān Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism 大乘 dà shèng Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2] 罗刹 羅剎 luó chà demon in Buddhism / poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food 阎罗 閻羅 yán luó (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell syn 无明 無明 wú míng avidya (Buddhism) / ignorance / delusion 入定 rù dìng (Buddhism) to enter a meditative state syn 藏传佛教 藏傳佛教 zàng chuán fó jiào Tibetan Buddhism 