| 不看僧面看佛面 |
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn |
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 |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 看 |
kān |
to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard |
| 看 |
kàn |
to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 僧 |
sēng |
(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽) |
| 面 |
miàn |
face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc |
| 面 |
miàn |
variant of 面 |
| 面 |
miàn |
flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless |
| 看 |
kān |
to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard |
| 看 |
kàn |
to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 佛 |
Fó |
Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀) |
| 佛 |
fú |
used in 仿佛 |
| 佛 |
fú |
used in 仿佛 |
| 佛 |
fú |
(female) head ornament / variant of 佛 |
| 面 |
miàn |
face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc |
| 面 |
miàn |
variant of 面 |
| 面 |
miàn |
flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless |