不看僧面看佛面

bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn

Dictionary entry

lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)

What does 不看僧面看佛面 mean?

不看僧面看佛面 (bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

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

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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-看kānto look after · to take care of 僧sēng(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])面miànface · side 佛FóBuddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2])

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不看僧面看佛面

bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn

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