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救人一命勝造七級浮屠
简 救人一命胜造七级浮屠 · 繁 救人一命勝造七級浮屠Mandarin · pinyin jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú
Meanings
- saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
Characters in this entry
- 救
- jiù · save, rescue, relieve; help, aid
- 人
- rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
- 一
- yī · one; a, an; alone
- 命
- mìng · life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
- 勝
- shèng · victory; excel, be better than
- 造
- zào · construct, build, make, begin; prepare
- 七
- qī · seven
- 級
- jí · level, rank, class; grade
- 浮
- fú · to float, drift, waft; to exceed; superfluous
- 屠
- tú · butcher, slaughter, massacre
- 胜
- shèng · victory; excel, be better than
- 级
- jí · level, rank, class; grade
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Mandarin tones
4–2–1–4–4–4–1–2–2–2 · jiu4 ren2 yi1 ming4 sheng4 zao4 qi1 ji2 fu2 tu2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gau3 jan4 jat1 ming6 sing3 zou6 cat1 kap1 fau4 tou4
Cantonese word readings for 救人一命勝造七級浮屠. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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gau3 jan4 jat1 ming6 sing3 zou6 cat1 kap1 fau4 tou4
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