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看菜吃饭

to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances / to live within one's means
lit. to eat depending on the dish (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances

Characters and words in 看菜吃饭

kān = k + an1
to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard
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kàn = k + an4
to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (an illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after verb) to give it a try / Watch out! (for a danger)
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cài = c + ai4
dish (type of food) / vegetable / cuisine / CL:盤|盘[pan2],道[dao4] / (coll.) (one's) type / (of one's skills etc) weak / poor
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chī = ch + Ø1
to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])
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chī = ch + Ø1
to have a meal / to eat / to make a living
fàn = f + an4
cooked rice / CL:碗[wan3] / meal / CL:頓|顿[dun4] / (loanword) fan / devotee
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Words with 看菜吃饭

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 / to act according to actual circumstances / to live within one's means
lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances

Sentences with 看菜吃饭

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