看菜吃饭
看菜吃饭
kān cài chī fàn
to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances; to live within one's means
verbidiom
Traditional: 看菜吃飯
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- (verb, idiom) to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
- to live within one's means
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看菜吃饭，量体裁衣(kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī)— eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
→量体裁衣(liáng tǐ cái yī)— lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
→随风倒舵(suí fēng dǎo duò)— to trim one's sails with the wind
→菜式(cài shì)— dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe)
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