1 variant: 仿佛 fǎng fú

1 Buddha

2 Buddhism

1 region

2 regional (away from the central administration)

3 local

1 government

2 official (approved or issued by an authority)

1 counterpart

2 other person involved

3 opposite side

4 other side

5 receiving party

1 to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)

2 to get plastered

1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules

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

1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced

2 malicious and duplicitous

1 the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later

2 We'll cross that bridge when we get there