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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

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

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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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