- lit. to cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
- fig. to act according to actual circumstances
Characters
- 量 (量): to measure
- 体 (體): body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)
- 裁 (裁): to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim; to reduce; to diminish; to cut back (e.g. on staff); decision; judgment
- 衣 (衣): clothes; CL:件[jian4]; Kangxi radical 145
Resources
- Wiktionary: 量体裁衣
- MDBG: 量体裁衣
- Examples with 量体裁衣 on Tatoeba
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