四し苦く八はっ苦く
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
Four character compound
1. being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money)
Noun
Four character compound
Buddhist
2. the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
Kanji used
four
suffering
eight
Pitch accent
し
くは
っく
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Composed of
the four kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death)
the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
Examples (1 in total)
I had a very hard time writing the paper.