苦海无边，回头是岸
Traditional form:
苦海無邊，回頭是岸
Pinyin (reading):
kǔhǎiwúbiān,huítóushì'àn
Definitions:
- The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.
- Repent and ye shall be saved!
Characters:
- 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
- 海 - sea, ocean; maritime
- 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
- 边 - border, edge, margin, side
- 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
- 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top
- 是 - to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
- 岸 - beach, coast, shore
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