看菜吃饭

看菜吃飯
kàncàichīfàn
  1. lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom)
  2. fig. to act according to actual circumstances

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 看 kàn
  1. to see; to look at
  2. to read
  3. to watch
  4. to visit; to call on
  5. to consider; to regard as
  6. to look after
  7. to treat (a patient or illness)
  8. to depend on
  9. to feel (that)
  10. (after a verb) to give it a try
  11. to watch out for
2 菜 cài
  1. (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
  2. (coll.) (one's) type

classifiers: 棵, 樣, 道, 盤
3 吃饭 chīfàn
  1. to have a meal
  2. to eat
  3. to make a living

Containing this entry

看菜吃饭，量体裁衣 kàncàichīfàn,liàngtǐcáiyī
  1. lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
  2. fig. to act according to actual circumstances

Related entries

看菜吃饭，量体裁衣 kàncàichīfàn,liàngtǐcáiyī
  1. lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
  2. fig. to act according to actual circumstances
量体裁衣 liàngtǐcáiyī
  1. lit. to cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
  2. fig. to act according to actual circumstances