兵来将挡，水来土掩 (兵來將擋，水來土掩)
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
Pinyin

Definition

兵来将挡，水来土掩 (兵來將擋，水來土掩)
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bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

兵器
bīng qì
  1. 1 weaponry
  2. 2 weapons
  3. 3 arms
土
Tǔ
  1. 1 Tu (ethnic group)
  2. 2 surname Tu
土豆
tǔ dòu
  1. 1 potato
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 (Tw) peanut
  4. 4 classifier: 颗 kē
士兵
shì bīng
  1. 1 soldier
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
水
Shuǐ
  1. 1 surname Shui

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)