circumstances alter cases
In Chinese, Pinyin is y ī NSH ì zh ì y í, which means making appropriate measures according to different things. It comes from the biography of Wei Xian in the history of Han Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Ban Gu's biography of Wei Xian in Hanshu of the Eastern Han Dynasty: "the emperor of the Ming dynasty ruled the world, and the time was the law, so he adjusted measures according to the situation."
Idiom usage
It means to treat different things differently. example if a man adapts to circumstances, the law can not be fulfilled; if he obeys the law, the responsibility lies in keeping the order. Song Suzhe's Xiye gaoci
circumstances alter cases
the integrity in one 's later years is not protected - wǎn jíe bù bǎo
a place endowed with the fine spirits of the universe - zhōng líng yù xiù