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脫離苦海
  tyut3 lei4 fu2 hoi2   jyutping
  tuo1 li2 ku3 hai3   pinyin
to escape suffering; to escape from the abyss of misery (lit., "break away from the bitter sea")

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
脫離苦海

This word has been viewed 1377 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 29th Apr 2008 03:49 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 tyut3  -  take off; remove; leave; omit
 lei4  -  leave; away from
 fu2  -  bitter; painful; hard; suffer from
 hoi2  -  sea, ocean
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