看菜吃饭 (看菜吃飯) kàn cài chīfàn

kàn cài chīfàn set phrase to eat depending on the dish; to act according to actual circumstances; to live within one's means
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '看菜吃飯')

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• 看菜吃饭，量体裁衣(看菜吃飯，量體裁衣) eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body; to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure; to act according to actual circumstances