量體裁衣

lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances / To live within one's means.
lit. to cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances

Characters and words in 量體裁衣

to measure

= + : Li Qingzhao uses a measuring cup for a recipe in the anglepod's kitchen. Unfortunately she made a terrible mistake: instead of measuring cups of sunflowers, she throws sunflowers and cups together into a measuring cup.
capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word
body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics)

= + : Rosa Luxemburg envies Mother Teresa's hot body. She asks her how she can be such a hottie even when lifting is not possible, like in the space station's zero gravity, and Mother Teresa answers that it's because of the roots she's eating.
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

= 𢦏 + : Things are going bad for the King of Chu (c). He opened a kitchen in the airplane (ai2), but his income in the first year was not enough so he had to donate a kidney from which the scar is widely visible (𢦏), also due to the fact that he had to sell all his clothing except for a kilt (衣) which he wears. It was not enough. One day, he actually gets fired (裁) from the airplane's king because he was costing the airplane so much money.
clothes / CL:件[jian4] / Kangxi radical 145

= 𧘇 + : Mnemonic symbol: kilt.

= 𧘇 + : In front of the space station, Maud Younger doesn't have a wardrobe, but just a step ladder. It's still enough for her kilt though, which she can just put over the ladder so that it doesn't lose its form, and her beret, which she puts on top of the ladder.
to dress / to wear / to put on (clothes)

Words with 量體裁衣

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

Sentences with 量體裁衣

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