脱离苦海

to escape from the abyss of suffering / to shed off a wretched plight

to shed / to take off / to escape / to get away from

to separate oneself from / to break away from / diastasis (medicine) / abscission / abjunction (botany)

mythical beast (archaic)

surname Li

to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲

bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly

lit. sea of bitterness / abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term) / depths of misery

surname Hai

ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous