看菜吃饭，量体裁衣

Traditional form:

看菜吃飯，量體裁衣

Pinyin (reading):

kàncàichīfàn,liàngtǐcáiyī

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 看 - to look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize
• 菜 - vegetables; order, dish; food
• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 饭 - meal, food; cooked rice
• 量 - measure, volume; amount, quantity
• 体 - body; group, class; form, style, system
• 裁 - to trim, to reduce, to cut; judgment
• 衣 - cloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat

Traditional characters:

• 看 - to look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize
• 菜 - vegetables; order, dish; food
• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 飯 - meal, food; cooked rice
• 量 - measure, volume; amount, quantity
• 體 - body; group, class; form, style, system
• 裁 - to trim, to reduce, to cut; judgment
• 衣 - cloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat