看菜吃饭 — Chinese idiom
看菜吃饭
kàn cài chī fàn
Traditional: 看菜吃飯
Meaning
- (lit.) to eat depending on the dish
- (fig.) to act according to actual circumstances
Character by character
- 看kànto look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize
- 菜càivegetables; order, dish; food
- 吃chīto eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
- 饭fànmeal, food; cooked rice
Idioms sharing a character
- 一眼看穿 yī yǎn kàn chuān
- 看人行事 kàn rén xíng shì
- 看家本领 kān jiā běn lǐng
- 看破红尘 kàn pò hóng chén
- 走马看花 zǒu mǎ kàn huā
- 雾里看花 wù lǐ kàn huā
- 小菜一碟 xiǎo cài yī dié
- 吃干抹净 chī gān mā jìng
- 吃喝嫖赌 chī hē piáo dǔ
- 吃喝玩乐 chī hē wán lè
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