看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
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; to act according to actual circumstances; to live within one's means
idiomverb
Traditional: 看菜吃飯，量體裁衣
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- (idiom, verb) 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
- to act according to actual circumstances
- to live within one's means
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以(yǐ)— old variant of 以[yi3]
→看菜吃饭(kān cài chī fàn)— to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
→量体裁衣(liáng tǐ cái yī)— lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
→菜式(cài shì)— dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe)
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