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看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
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Definitions
- 1. lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
- 2. fig. to act according to actual circumstances
Child Words of 看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
to dress
body
to cut out (as a dress)
to eat
lit. to cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
dish (type of food)
capacity
clothes
genre
to measure
to see
lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom)
cooked rice
to look after
to have a meal