病苦

bìngkǔ

noun

Meanings

1 pain and suffering of illness
2 (Buddhism) the suffering of sickness

Characters

illness, sickness

bitter, suffering

Examples

佛教把病苦视为人生四苦之一。

Fójiào bǎ bìngkǔ shìwéi rénshēng sì kǔ zhī yī.

Buddhism regards the suffering of illness as one of the four sufferings of human life.

她默默承受着病苦的折磨。

Tā mòmò chéngshòuzhe bìngkǔ de zhémó.

She silently endured the torment of her illness.

Tips

culture

病苦 (illness-suffering) is one of the 八苦 (bā kǔ, 'eight sufferings') in Buddhist teaching, alongside birth 生, aging 老, and death 死. Together they form the foundation of the First Noble Truth.

Stroke Order

病 bìng

苦 kǔ