kàn​cài​chī​fàn

to eat based on the dishes

  • created sense approved 看菜吃饭/看菜吃飯 · kàn​cài​chī​fàn · to eat based on the dishes — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    看菜吃饭 / 看菜吃飯

    kàn​cài​chī​fàn

    to eat based on the dishes

    to eat according to what dishes are served

    看 (literal) → 看 · kàn · to see 菜 (literal) → 菜 · cài · dish 吃饭 (literal) → 吃饭/吃飯 · chī​fàn · to eat

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 看菜吃饭/看菜吃飯 · kàn​cài​chī​fàn · to act according to circumstances — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    看 (literal) → 看 · kàn · to depend on 菜 (literal) → 菜 · cài · dish 吃饭 (literal) → 吃饭/吃飯 · chī​fàn · to eat

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

    created sense