七級浮屠

seven floor pagoda

seven / 7

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

Buddha / Buddhist stupa (transliteration of Pali thupo)

surname Tu

to slaughter (animals for food) / to massacre

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