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Definition(s) for: 量体裁衣

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
量体裁衣 liàng tǐ - cái yī - lit. to cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
- fig. to act according to actual circumstances

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 95,420 62,043 68,491

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
liáng- to measure
liàng- capacity
- quantity
- amount
- to estimate
- abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar)
- measure word
- used in 體己|体己[ti1ji5]
- Taiwan pr. [ti3]
- body
- form
- style
- system
- substance
- to experience
- aspect (linguistics)
cái- to cut out (as a dress)
- to cut
- to trim
- to reduce
- to diminish
- to cut back (e.g. on staff)
- decision
- judgment
- clothes
- CL:件[jian4]
- Kangxi radical 145
- to dress
- to wear
- to put on (clothes)

Other Words Containing 量体裁衣

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
量体裁衣 - - 95,420 62,043 68,491