Duì bùtóng qíngkuàng de wéifǎ xíngwéi yào qūbié duìdài.
Illegal acts under different circumstances should be handled differentially.
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Neutral term - whether it's good or bad depends on context. In policy documents 区别对待 is a virtue (tailoring the response); in interpersonal contexts it usually means unfair favoritism (closer to 'discriminate' in English). The opposite is 一视同仁.