量体裁衣

Traditional form:

量體裁衣

Pinyin (reading):

liàngtǐcáiyī

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 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:

• 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