宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚

Traditional: 寧拆十座廟，不毀一樁婚

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Dictionary entry

rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)

What does 宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚 mean?

宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚 (nìng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huǐ yī zhuāng hūn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)

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宁nìngold variant of 寧|宁[ning4]拆chāito tear open · to tear down 十shíten · 10 座zuòseat · base; stand 庙miàotemple · ancestral shrine 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-毁huǐto destroy; to ruin · to defame; to slander 一yīone · single

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How to pronounce 宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚

宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚

nìng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huǐ yī zhuāng hūn

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