不 看 僧 面 看 佛 面

bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàndictionary entry

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

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Original source entry:

不看僧面看佛面 不看僧面看佛面 [bu4 kan4 seng1 mian4 kan4 fo2 mian4] /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/

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不看僧面看佛面

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