量体裁衣 — Chinese idiom
量体裁衣
liàng tǐ cái yī
Traditional: 量體裁衣
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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