量體裁衣
liàng​tǐ​cái​yī

to act according to actual circumstances

  • created sense approved 量体裁衣/量體裁衣 · liàng​tǐ​cái​yī · to act according to actual circumstances — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    liáng​tǐ​cái​yī

    量 (literal) → 量 · liáng · to measure 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