救人一命,勝造七級浮屠
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Chinese[edit]
to save; to assist; to rescue | man; person; people | one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
life; fate | victorious; able to do; competent enough to | to make; to build; to invent to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture |
seven | level; grade; rank level; grade; rank; step |
Buddha; Futu | |||
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trad. (救人一命,勝造七級浮屠) | 救 | 人 | 一 | 命 | , | 勝 | 造 | 七 | 級 | 浮屠 | |
simp. (救人一命,胜造七级浮屠) | 救 | 人 | 一 | 命 | , | 胜 | 造 | 七 | 级 | 浮屠 | |
Literally: “saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Proverb[edit]
救人一命,勝造七級浮屠
- saving a life is of boundless beneficence