相體裁衣

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

each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])

appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics)

genre / style / form of writing

to cut out (as a dress) / to cut / to trim / to reduce / to diminish / to cut back (e.g. on staff) / decision / judgment

clothes / CL:件[jian4] / Kangxi radical 145

to dress / to wear / to put on (clothes)