Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 裁

to cut out (as a dress)
to cut
to trim
to reduce
to diminish
to cut back (e.g. on staff)
decision
judgment

to tailor
to make clothes

to tailor (clothes)
to trim (expenditure)

(formal) to make a judgement call; to decide

to dissolve an organisation

ruling
adjudication

to cut staff
to lay off employees

dictatorship

(sports) to referee; to umpire; to officiate
referee; umpire (abbr. for 主裁判 (zhǔcáipàn))

chairman
director-general (of a company etc)

to reduce
to lessen
to cut down

tailor
dressmaker

to dismiss
to lay off

to consider and decide

genre
style
form of writing

arbitration

(law) to judge; to adjudicate; verdict; judgement
(sports) to referee
(sports) umpire; referee; judge

to consider and decide

to cut back

to reduce troop numbers
disarmament

to reply (to a letter)

to handle

to crop
to trim

disarmament

to punish
punishment
sanctions (incl. economic)

cut down and merge

to consider and decide

ruling

to cut out

to make an item of clothing
to tailor

(sports) referee; umpire

trimmer
paper cutter

vice-chairman (of an organization)
vice president (of a company)
deputy governor (of a bank)

referee

Duan Yucai (1735-1815), author of Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) 說文解字註／说文解字注 ( Shuōwén Jiězì Zhù)

dictator
autocrat

nuclear disarmament

place of judgment
law court

judge

tailor

tailor's shop

bàdàozǒngcái

handsome high-powered businessman (a type of character in an eponymous genre of romantic fiction who typically has a soft spot for a girl of lower social status)

jīngjìzhìcái

economic sanctions

fǎyuàncáijué

court ruling

biéchūxīncái

to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality
to adopt an original approach

cáijiǎnjūnbèi

arms reduction

liàngtǐcáiyī

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

dúchūxīncái

to display originality (idiom); to do things differently

xiàngtǐcáiyī

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

legal sanction
prescribed punishment
punishable by law

kàncàichīfàn,liàngtǐcáiyī

看菜吃饭，量体裁衣

[看菜吃飯，量體裁衣]

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