act as circumstances dictate
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ú J ī y ì ngbi à n, which means to respond flexibly with the change of situation. It comes from the biography of Guo Xiaoke in the new book of Tang Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
According to the biography of Guo Xiaoke in the book of the new Tang Dynasty, "if you stick to the military stronghold, you will be able to make use of the military force and adapt to the circumstances, and you will be able to do so."
Analysis of Idioms
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Idiom usage
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act as circumstances dictate
if the basin be is square , the water in it would also be square - yú fāng shuǐ fāng
wet by the rain and burnt by the sun - yǔ lín rì zhì
Rise in the morning and fall in the evening - zhāo shēng mù gě