宁拆十座庙,不毁一桩婚

nìng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huǐ yī zhuāng hūn

rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)

宁

nìng

old variant of 寧|宁[ning4]

拆

chāi

to tear open

十

shí

ten

座

zuò

seat

庙

miào

temple

,

,

不

bù

no; not so

毁

huǐ

variant of 毀|毁[hui3]

一

yī

one

桩

zhuāng

stump; stake; pile

婚

hūn

to marry