bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn

Traditional: 兵來將敵，水來土堰

兵来将敌，水来土堰 (bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn) is a Chinese word meaning “counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation”.

Meanings

  1. 1counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation

Characters in 兵来将敌，水来土堰

兵bīng · soldiers来lái · to come将jiāng · will敌dí · (bound form) enemy水shuǐ · water来lái · to come土tǔ · earth堰yàn · weir

Related words

来to come起来to stand up; to get up起来(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state将will将(bound form) a general将to desire回来to return; to come back出来to come out出来(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)过来to come over过来see 過來|过来[guo4 lai2]下来to come down

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