看菜吃飯

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to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances, to live within one's means

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看菜吃飯|看菜吃饭 [kān cài chī fàn] ► to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances ► to live within one's means