宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚
nìng​chāi​shí​zuò​miào​bù​huǐ​yī​zhuāng​hūn

rather destroy ten temples than one marriage

  • created sense approved 宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚/寧拆十座廟，不毀一樁婚 · nìng​chāi​shí​zuò​miào​bù​huǐ​yī​zhuāng​hūn · rather destroy ten temples than one marriage — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚 / 寧拆十座廟，不毀一樁婚

    nìng​chāi​shí​zuò​miào​bù​huǐ​yī​zhuāng​hūn

    rather destroy ten temples than one marriage

    It is better to tear down ten temples than to break up a single marriage.

    宁 (literal) → 宁/寧 · nìng · would rather 拆 (literal) → 拆 · chāi · to demolish 十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten 座 (literal) → 座 · zuò · [large/fixed objects] 庙 (literal) → 庙/廟 · miào · temple ， (non_chinese) 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 毁 (literal) → 毁/毀 · huǐ · to destroy 一桩 (literal) → 一桩/一樁 · yī​zhuāng · one item 婚 (literal) → 婚 · hūn · marriage

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    created sense