看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
kàn​cài​chī​fàn​liàng​tǐ​cái​yī

to act according to circumstances

  1. 看菜吃饭 看菜吃飯 kàn​cài​chī​fàn
    to act according to circumstances
    to act according to the actual situation; to fit one's actions to the circumstances
  2. ， liàng
    non-Chinese
  3. 量体裁衣 量體裁衣 liàng​tǐ​cái​yī
    to act according to actual circumstances
    literally meaning to cut cloth according to the person's body; used to describe acting according to actual circumstances or fitting the solution to the problem