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看菜吃饭，量体裁衣

kàn cài chī fàn , liàng tǐ cái yī

9-character word Traditional 看菜吃飯，量體裁衣

What 看菜吃饭，量体裁衣 means

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

The characters in 看菜吃饭，量体裁衣

• 看kànto see; to look at; to read; to watch
• 菜càivegetable; greens; dish (of food); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 饭fàncooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan
• 量liàngcapacity; quantity; amount
• 体tǐbody; form; style
• 裁cáito cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim
• 衣yīclothes; Kangxi radical 145