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

no; not so

kàn

to see; to look at

sēng

(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])

miàn

variant of 麵|面[mian4]

kàn

to see; to look at

Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2])

miàn

variant of 麵|面[mian4]