兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng​lái​jiàng​dí​shuǐ​lái​tǔ​yàn

to adopt measures appropriate to the situation

  • created reference approved 兵来将敌，水来土堰/兵來將敵，水來土堰 → 兵来将挡，水来土掩/兵來將擋，水來土掩 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兵来将敌，水来土堰 / 兵來將敵，水來土堰 bīng​lái​jiàng​dí​shuǐ​lái​tǔ​yàn

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

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 兵来将敌，水来土堰/兵來將敵，水來土堰 · bīng​lái​jiàng​dí​shuǐ​lái​tǔ​yàn · to adopt measures appropriate to the situation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兵来将敌，水来土堰 / 兵來將敵，水來土堰

    bīng​lái​jiàng​dí​shuǐ​lái​tǔ​yàn

    to adopt measures appropriate to the situation

    to counter soldiers with arms and water with an earth weir; to take different actions according to the specific situation

    兵 (literal) → 兵 · bīng · soldier 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · to come 将 (literal) → 将/將 · jiàng · general 敌 (literal) → 敌/敵 · dí · to resist ， (non_chinese) 水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · to come 土 (literal) → 土 · tǔ · soil 堰 (literal) → 堰 · yàn · to dam

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense