相体裁衣

Traditional form:

相體裁衣

Pinyin (reading):

xiàngtǐcáiyī

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 体 - body; group, class; form, style, system
• 裁 - to trim, to reduce, to cut; judgment
• 衣 - cloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat

Traditional characters:

• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 體 - body; group, class; form, style, system
• 裁 - to trim, to reduce, to cut; judgment
• 衣 - cloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat