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变通

biàn tōng

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Definitions

  1. 1. pragmatic
  2. 2. flexible
  3. 3. to act differently in different situations
  4. 4. to accommodate to circumstances

Child Words of 变通

通
tòng

classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

变
biàn

to change