不看僧面看佛面
Traditional form:
不看僧面看佛面
Pinyin (reading):
bùkànsēngmiànkànfómiàn
Definitions:
- 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
Characters:
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 看 - to look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize
- 僧 - Buddhist priest, monk
- 面 - face; surface, side; plane, dimension
- 看 - to look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize
- 佛 - Buddha; Buddhist
- 面 - face; surface, side; plane, dimension
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