兵來將敵，水來土堰 bīng lái jiàng dí ， shuǐ lái tǔ yàn

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

兵 bīng
HSK 5
soldier, troops
來 lái come, coming; return, returning
將 jiàng will, going to, future; general
敵 dí enemy, foe, rival; resist
水 shuǐ
HSK 1
water, liquid, lotion, juice
來 lái come, coming; return, returning
土 tǔ
HSK 5
soil, earth; items made of earth
堰 yàn dam; embankment, dike, bank