苦集滅道

苦集灭道
kǔjímièdào
  1. the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦 kǔ, the cause of suffering is desire 集 jí, emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅 miè, the way 道 dào to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道 bāzhèngdào
  2. also called 四諦 sìdì

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 苦 kǔ
  1. bitter
  2. hardship
  3. pain
  4. to suffer
  5. to bring suffering to
  6. painstakingly
2 集 jí
  1. to gather
  2. to collect
  3. collected works
  4. classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
3 滅 miè
  1. to extinguish or put out
  2. to go out (of a fire etc)
  3. to exterminate or wipe out
  4. to drown
4 道 dào
  1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
  2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
  3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
  4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
  5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
  6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: 條, 股