Word data
HSK
Not in HSK
FREQUENCY
Unknown
不看僧面看佛面 bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
Word data
| HSK | Not in HSK |
| Frequency | Unknown |
Definitions
- 1. fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
- 2. lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
Characters
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not; no; (negative prefix)
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to see; to look at; to watch
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monk; Sangha, the Buddhist monastic order
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face; surface; aspect
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to see; to look at; to watch
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seemingly; (female) head ornament; variant of 彿fú
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face; surface; aspect
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