Word

HSK	Not in HSK
FREQUENCY	Unknown

看菜吃飯，量體裁衣 kān cài chī fàn ， liáng tǐ cái yī

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

看 kān HSK 1	look, see; examine, scrutinize
菜 cài HSK 1	vegetables; dish, order; food
吃 chī HSK 1	eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
飯 fàn	cooked rice; food; meal
量 liáng HSK 4	measure, quantity, capacity
體 tǐ	body; group, class, body, unit
裁 cái HSK 5	cut out; decrease
衣 yī HSK 1	clothes, clothing; cover, skin