看菜吃饭

Traditional: 看菜吃飯

kàn cài chī fàn

Dictionary entry

(lit.) to eat depending on the dish (idiom)

What does 看菜吃饭 mean?

看菜吃饭 (kàn cài chī fàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) to eat depending on the dish (idiom)

2(fig.) to act according to actual circumstances

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看kānto look after · to take care of 菜càivegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]) · dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2])吃chīto eat; to consume · to eat at (a cafeteria etc)饭fàncooked rice · CL:碗[wan3]

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看菜吃饭

kàn cài chī fàn

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