不看僧面看佛面

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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

Meanings

  1. lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else

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