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
Characters in this word
5不
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
看
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to look after, to take care of, to watch, to guard
- Pinyin
- kān
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 67 of 2500
僧
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])
- Pinyin
- sēng
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 46888 of 2500
面
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
face, side, surface, aspect, top, classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
- Pinyin
- miàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2052 of 2500
佛
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2])
- Pinyin
- Fó
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 5305 of 2500