相體裁衣

相体裁衣
xiàngtǐcáiyī
lit. tailor the clothes to fit the body (idiom); fig. act according to real circumstances

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 相 xiàng
  1. appearance
  2. portrait
  3. picture
  4. government minister
  5. (physics) phase
  6. (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
  7. to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
2 體裁 tǐcái
  1. genre
  2. style
  3. form of writing
3 衣 yī
  1. clothes
  2. Kangxi radical 145

classifier: 件