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相体裁衣

xiàng tǐ cái yī

4-character word Traditional 相體裁衣

What 相体裁衣 means

1. lit. tailor the clothes to fit the body (idiom); fig. act according to real circumstances

The characters in 相体裁衣

• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually
• 体tǐbody; form; style
• 裁cáito cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim
• 衣yīclothes; Kangxi radical 145

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