量体裁衣 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• (lit.) to cut cloth according to the body
• (fig.) to act according to actual circumstances

Character by character

• 量liàngmeasure, volume; amount, quantity
• 体tǐbody; group, class; form, style, system
• 裁cáito trim, to reduce, to cut; judgment
• 衣yīcloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat

Idioms sharing a character

• 不自量力 bù zì liàng lì
• 功德无量 gōng dé wú liàng
• 宽宏大量 kuān hóng dà liàng
• 有商有量 yǒu shāng yǒu liàng
• 量入为出 liàng rù wéi chū
• 量力而行 liàng lì ér xíng
• 量才录用 liàng cái lù yòng
• 不成体统 bù chéng tǐ tǒng
• 不识大体 bù shí dà tǐ
• 五体投地 wǔ tǐ tóu dì

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