不看佛面看金面 — “Not looking at the Buddha's face, then looking at the golden face”
不看佛面看金面 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to show respect or give consideration to someone for the sake of another person or a different connection; to give face based on an indirect relationship”. Literally, “Not looking at the Buddha's face, then looking at the golden face”.
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What does 不看佛面看金面 mean?
不看佛面看金面 (bù kàn fú miàn kàn jīn miàn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to show respect or give consideration to someone for the sake of another person or a different connection; to give face based on an indirect relationship”.
How do you pronounce 不看佛面看金面?
不看佛面看金面 is pronounced bù kàn fú miàn kàn jīn miàn in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 不看佛面看金面 literally mean?
Literally, 不看佛面看金面 means “not looking at the Buddha's face, then looking at the golden face”. It is used to mean “to show respect or give consideration to someone for the sake of another person or a different connection; to give face based on an indirect relationship”.
What is the Chinese definition of 不看佛面看金面?
不看那方面的情面，也要看这方面的情面