the endless sea of tribulations
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is k ǔ h ǎ IW ú Bi ā n, which means that the samsara of life and death is like a sea of bitterness. It comes from Du Cui Liu by Wu Mingshi in Yuan Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The first fold of Du Cui Liu written by Wu Mingshi in Yuan Dynasty: "secular people have no reason to compete with each other. There are some to eat and some to wear. There is no limit to the sea of bitterness, and it's time to look back. "
Idiom usage
In Song Dynasty, Lu You's great saint Music: "the sea of bitterness is boundless, the river of love is bottomless, wandering and seeing hundreds of boats."
the endless sea of tribulations
have not enough for food and clothing - quē chī xhǎo chuān
to work hard and live plainly and frugally - gōng kǔ shí dàn