兵来将挡，水来土掩 bīng lái jiàng dǎng ， shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn

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
来 lái
HSK 1
come, coming; return, returning
将 jiàng
HSK 4
will, going to, future; general
挡 dǎng
HSK 5
obstruct, impede; stop; resist
水 shuǐ
HSK 1
water, liquid, lotion, juice
来 lái
HSK 1
come, coming; return, returning
土 tǔ
HSK 5
soil, earth; items made of earth
掩 yǎn
HSK 6
to cover (with the hand); shut, conceal; ambush