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

to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard

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)

dish (type of food) / vegetable / cuisine / CL:盤|盘[pan2],道[dao4] / (coll.) (one's) type / (of one's skills etc) weak / poor

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])

variant of 吃[chi1]

to have a meal / to eat / to make a living

cooked rice / CL:碗[wan3] / meal / CL:頓|顿[dun4] / (loanword) fan / devotee

lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances

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