bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn

不看僧面看佛面 (bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom); fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. 2fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else

Characters in 不看僧面看佛面

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