因地制宜
yīndìzhìyí
to adapt measures to local conditions
Characters in this word
制 zhì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
宜 yí
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 且 moreover, also (post-subject)
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 各地要因地制宜，不能照搬同一个办法。 Gèdì yào yīndìzhìyí, bùnéng zhàobān tóng yí ge bànfǎ. Each region should adapt measures to local conditions instead of copying the same approach.
- 种果树要因地制宜，坡地和洼地选的品种不同。 Zhòng guǒshù yào yīndìzhìyí, pōdì hé wādì xuǎn de pǐnzhǒng bùtóng. Planting fruit trees must suit local conditions; slopes and low-lying land call for different varieties.
- 老师因地制宜，给城市和农村的学生布置了不同的作业。 Lǎoshī yīndìzhìyí, gěi chéngshì hé nóngcūn de xuésheng bùzhìle bùtóng de zuòyè. The teacher adapted to local conditions, assigning different homework to city and village students.
Related words
- 因为 yīnwèi because
- 原因 yuányīn reason
- 因此 yīncǐ therefore
- 因而 yīn'ér therefore
- 基因 jīyīn gene
- 因 yīn because; due to
- 因人而异 yīnrén'éryì to vary from person to person
- 地 de particle linking an adverbial to a verb (-ly)
- 地 dì ground, earth; place
- 地点 dìdiǎn place, location
- 地方 dìfang place
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor