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Definitions
1. The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.
2. Repent and ye shall be saved!
Components
苦海无边
kǔ hǎi wú biān
–
boundless sea of suffering
回头
huí tóu
–
to turn round
是
shì
–
is
岸
àn
–
bank