"看菜吃饭，量体裁衣" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
看菜吃饭，量体裁衣看菜吃飯，量體裁衣	kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī		eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure / to act according to actual circumstances / to live within one's means
看菜吃饭，量体裁衣看菜吃飯，量體裁衣	kàn cài chī fàn , liàng tǐ cái yī		lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances

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