识时通变

understanding and adaptable

old variant of 時|时[shi2]

o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period

to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion

to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

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

to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4]

to record / to write a footnote