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
看
kàn
to see; to look at
僧
sēng
(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])
面
miàn
variant of 麵|面[mian4]
佛
fó
Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2])