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