救人一命胜造七级浮屠

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

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

variant of 救[jiu4]

to save / to assist / to rescue

life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc

seven / 7

to make / to build / to manufacture / to invent / to fabricate / to go to / party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement) / crop / classifier for crops

victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task)

level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier: step, level

to float / superficial / floating / unstable / movable / provisional / temporary / transient / impetuous / hollow / inflated / to exceed / superfluous / excessive / surplus

surname Tu

to slaughter (animals for food) / to massacre

seven floor pagoda

Buddha / Buddhist stupa (transliteration of Pali thupo)