Definitions

1. 1. 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
2. 2. to act according to actual circumstances
3. 3. to live within one's means

Components

• 看菜吃饭 kān cài chī fàn – to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
• 量体裁衣 liáng tǐ cái yī – lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances