Name: Chinese dialogue snippet: "见风使船 量体裁衣" (jiàn fēng shǐ chuán liàng tǐ cái yī)
Uploaded: 2026-06-27T00:00:00Z
Description: A native spoken Chinese scene featuring "见风使船 量体裁衣" (jiàn fēng shǐ chuán liàng tǐ cái yī). Localized translation: "trim your sails to the wind, cut your coat to fit your cloth.", vocabulary HSK categorization included.

jiàn见fēng风shǐ使chuán船 liàng量tǐ体cái裁yī衣

trim your sails to the wind, cut your coat to fit your cloth.

HSK Vocabulary

见H1 风H3 使H4 船H3

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E3

Clip Timestamp

26:08

TMDB ID

283952

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	你外祖母常说	nǐ wài zǔ mǔ cháng shuō	Your grandmother often says,
2▶	见风使船量体裁衣	jiàn fēng shǐ chuán liàng tǐ cái yī	trim your sails to the wind, cut your coat to fit your cloth.
3	这风该往哪儿吹往哪儿走	zhè fēng gāi wǎng nǎ ér chuī wǎng nǎ ér zǒu	No one knows better than her