看菜吃饭

Traditional form:

看菜吃飯

Pinyin (reading):

kàncàichīfàn

Definitions:

• lit. to eat depending on the dish (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

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