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看菜吃饭
看菜吃飯
kāncàichīfàn
1. to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
2. to live within one's means

Character Breakdown

看
kàn
to look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize
HSK 1 9 丶
菜
cài
vegetables; order, dish; food
HSK 1 11 丶
吃
chī
to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
HSK 1 6 丶
饭
fàn
meal, food; cooked rice
HSK 1 7 丶

Compound Words (1)

看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
kāncàichīfàn,liángtǐcáiyī
eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure

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