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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

兵来将敌，水来土堰

bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn

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

卷土重来

juǎn tǔ chóng lái

1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
3 to make a comeback

土木形骸

tǔ mù xíng hái

1 earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body

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确实如此，莫言的作品大多带着浓厚的乡土气息，作品中充满了对家乡的复杂情感，被归类为“寻根文学”。

quèshí rúcǐ ，Mòyán de zuòpǐn dàduō dài zhe nónghòu de xiāngtǔ qìxī ，zuòpǐn zhōng chōngmǎn le duì jiāxiāng de fùzá qínggǎn ，bèi guīlèi wèi “xúngēn wénxué ”。

That is the case, the majority of Mo Yan's work is suffused with a strong nativist sensitivity. The work is full of complex feelings towards one's homeplace and is categorized as "root-seeking literature".

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可是现在再听这些名字就觉得比较土。大概因为时代发展了，名字就显得比较老套。还有用和花相关的字来命名的，现在看起来也特别地俗气，比如翠花，小红，艳艳等，都比较有乡土气。

kěshì xiànzài zài tīng zhèxiē míngzi jiù juéde bǐjiào rustic 。dàgài yīnwèi shídài fāzhǎn le ，míngzi jiù xiǎnde bǐjiào lǎotào 。hái yǒu yòng hé huā xiāngguān de zì lái mìngmíng de ，xiànzài kàn qǐlai yě tèbié de súqì ，bǐrú Cuìhuā ，Xiǎo Hóng ，Yànyan děng ，dōu bǐjiào yǒu xiāngtǔ qì 。

But these days, when we hear these names, they sound a little dowdy. It's probably because it's a different era, so those names seem pretty old-fashioned. Names that have to do with flowers also seem very rustic-- ''Green Flower,"　''Little Red," ''Bright and Beautiful," and so on. They all seem quite rural.

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