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宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚

nìng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huǐ yī zhuāng hūn

11-character word Traditional 寧拆十座廟，不毀一樁婚

What 宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚 means

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

The characters in 宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚

• 宁nìngwould rather; to prefer; how (emphatic)
• 拆chāito tear open; to tear down; to tear apart
• 十shíten; 10
• 座zuòseat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation
• 庙miàotemple; ancestral shrine; temple fair
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 毁huǐto destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 桩zhuāngstump; stake; pile; classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc
• 婚hūn(bound form) marriage; wedding; (bound form) to marry