kǔjímièdào

Traditional: 苦集滅道

the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering [[苦]], the cause of suffering is desire [[集]], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions [[滅|灭]], the way [[道]] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正[[道]] / also called [[四諦|四谛]]