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看菜吃飯，量體裁衣
简 看菜吃饭，量体裁衣 · 繁 看菜吃飯，量體裁衣Mandarin · pinyin kàn cài chī fàn , liàng tǐ cái yī
Meanings
- lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
- fig. to act according to actual circumstances
Characters in this entry
- 看
- kàn · look, see; examine, scrutinize
- 菜
- cài · vegetables; dish, order; food
- 吃
- chī · eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
- 飯
- fàn · cooked rice; food; meal
- 量
- liàng · measure, quantity, capacity
- 體
- tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
- 裁
- cái · cut out; decrease
- 衣
- yī · clothes, clothing; cover, skin; Kangxi radical 145
- 饭
- fàn · cooked rice; food, meal
- 体
- tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior
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hon3 coi3 hek3 faan6 ，loeng4 tai2 coi4 ji1
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