救人一命勝造七級浮屠 jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú

DEFINITIONS

  1. saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)

CHARACTERS

救 jiù
HSK 5
save, rescue, relieve; help, aid
人 rén
HSK 1
man; people; mankind; someone else
一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone
命 mìng
HSK 4
life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
勝 shèng victory; excel, be better than
造 zào
HSK 5
construct, build, make, begin; prepare
七 qī
HSK 1
seven
級 jí level, rank, class; grade
浮 fú
HSK 6
to float, drift, waft; to exceed; superfluous
屠 tú butcher, slaughter, massacre