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量体裁衣

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4-character word Traditional 量體裁衣

What 量体裁衣 means

1. (lit.) to cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
2. (fig.) to act according to actual circumstances

The characters in 量体裁衣

• 量liàngcapacity; quantity; amount
• 体tǐbody; form; style
• 裁cáito cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim
• 衣yīclothes; Kangxi radical 145

Words containing 量体裁衣

• 看菜吃饭，量体裁衣kàn cài chī fàn , liàng tǐ cái yīlit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)…