(lit.) to cut cloth according to the body (idiom); (fig.) to act according to actual circumstances
trad. 量體裁衣
Also written 量體裁衣【liàng tǐ cái yī】
Characters in this word
4量
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to measure
- Pinyin
- liáng
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 5799 of 2500
体
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used in 體己|体己[ti1 ji5], Taiwan pr. [ti3]
- Pinyin
- tī
- Traditional
- 體
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 11254 of 2500
裁
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to cut out (as a dress), to cut, to trim, to reduce, to diminish, to cut back (e.g. on staff), decision, judgment
- Pinyin
- cái
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 30518 of 2500
衣
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clothes, CL:件[jian4], Kangxi radical 145
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 12783 of 2500