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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 看菜吃飯，量體裁衣 [ㄎㄢ ㄘㄞˋ ㄔ ㄈㄢˋ , ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄧˇ ㄘㄞˊ ㄧ; kan1 cai4 chi1 fan4 , liang2 ti3 cai2 yi1]
 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
 to act according to actual circumstances
 to live within one's means
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