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yīn 因 dì 地 zhì 制 yí 宜

因地制宜 yīn dì zhì yí

to adapt measures to local conditions; to suit the action to the place

Literally: according-to place devise suitable

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Origin

From the Wu Yue Chunqiu: Wu Zixu tells the King of Wu that a city must be built 因地制宜 — according to the terrain.

How to use it

Adverbial or predicate; positive, formal. Often 因地制宜地发展 or 因地制宜的政策.

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  1. 各地应因地制宜，发展适合本地条件的特色产业。
    Gè dì yīng yīn dì zhì yí, fāzhǎn shìhé běndì tiáojiàn de tèsè chǎnyè.
    Each region should adapt to local conditions and develop distinctive industries suited to them.
    each place should according-to place devise suitable, develop suit local condition (attributive particle) distinctive industry
  2. 扶贫工作不能一刀切，必须因地制宜。
    Fúpín gōngzuò bù néng yì dāo qiē, bìxū yīn dì zhì yí.
    Poverty relief cannot follow a one-size-fits-all approach; it must be tailored to local conditions.
    aid-poverty work not can one knife cut, must according-to place devise suitable

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