相體裁衣
xiàng​tǐ​cái​yī

to act according to circumstances

  • created sense approved 相体裁衣/相體裁衣 · xiàng​tǐ​cái​yī · to act according to circumstances — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    相体裁衣 / 相體裁衣

    xiàng​tǐ​cái​yī

    to act according to circumstances

    to tailor the clothes to fit the body; used to describe acting according to actual circumstances

    相 (literal) → 相 · xiàng · to appraise 体 (literal) → 体/體 · tǐ · body 裁 (literal) → 裁 · cái · to cut out 衣 (literal) → 衣 · yī · clothing

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense