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苦集灭道

kǔ jí miè dàodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
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|灭[miè], the way 道[dào] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[bā zhèng dào] / also called 四諦|四谛[sì dì]
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

苦集滅道 苦集灭道 [ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4] /the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4]/also called 四諦|四谛[si4 di4]/

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Other forms in these source records: 苦集滅道

  • 苦
    kǔ

    bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly

  • 集
    jí

    to gather / to collect / collected works / classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode

  • 灭
    miè

    to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown

  • 道
    dào

    road / path (CL:條|条[tiáo],股[gǔ]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / 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 / (old) circuit (administrative division)

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