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看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
kàn cài chī fàn，liàng tǐ cái yī
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基本释义
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- [ kàn cài chī fàn，liàng tǐ cái yī ]
- 量体:用尺量身材的大小长短。裁:裁剪。比喻根据具体情况办事。
- 出 处
- 〖出处〗毛泽东《反对党八股》：“‘看菜吃饭，量体裁衣。’我们无论做什么事都要看情形办事。”
- 英文翻译
- 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 live within one's means
- to act according to actual circumstances