救人一命勝造七級浮屠

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

2 Written Forms

Meanings

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

Written Forms

救人一命勝造七級浮屠Traditional · Main Form
救人一命胜造七级浮屠Alternate Form

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