宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚

• 扌(hand)RADICAL
• 斥(push away; drive off)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Using a hand pushing outward, you dismantle and destroy a structure.

• 十(number ten; cross shape)ASSOCIATIVE

Two intersecting strokes form a complete whole, symbolizing the number ten.

• 广(roof; building)RADICAL
• 坐(sit; squat)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A seat is a place under a roof where someone is sitting down.

• 广(broad roof; veranda)RADICAL
• 由(from; by)PHONETIC

A temple is a large roofed house where spirits dwell.

• 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE

A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.

• 臼(mortar; pestle)ASSOCIATIVE
• 土(earth; dust)ASSOCIATIVE
• 殳(weapon; strike)RADICAL

Using a weapon to smash a mortar into dust is destruction.

• 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.

• 木(tree; wood)RADICAL
• 庄(village; farm)PHONETIC

A wooden stake driven into the ground like a sturdy farm post.