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看菜吃饭，量体裁衣【kàn cài chī fàn , liàng tǐ cái yī】

lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
fig. to act according to actual circumstances

看菜吃饭，量体裁衣【kàn cài chī fàn , liàng tǐ cái yī】

lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
fig. to act according to actual circumstances

看

HSK 11

含义look, see; examine, scrutinize

拼音kàn

菜

HSK 11

含义vegetables; dish, order; food

拼音cài

吃

HSK 11

含义eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear

拼音chī

饭

HSK 1

含义cooked rice; food, meal

拼音fàn

量

HSK 12

含义measure, quantity, capacity

拼音liàng

体

HSK 1

含义body; group, class, body, unit; inferior

拼音tǐ

裁

HSK 53

含义cut out; decrease

拼音cái

衣

HSK 11

含义clothes, clothing; cover, skin; Kangxi radical 145

拼音yī