水来土掩
shuǐ​lái​tǔ​yǎn

to counter any onslaught

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

    水来土掩 / 水來土掩 shuǐ​lái​tǔ​yǎn

    兵来将挡 / 兵來將擋 bīng​lái​jiàng​dǎng

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 水来土掩/水來土掩 · shuǐ​lái​tǔ​yǎn · to counter any onslaught — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    水来土掩 / 水來土掩

    shuǐ​lái​tǔ​yǎn

    to counter any onslaught

    (idiom) to be well prepared to meet any challenge; used to mean that for every problem there is a solution. Often used together with [[兵来将挡|兵來將擋|bing1 lai2 jiang4 dang3]].

    水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · to come 土 (literal) → 土 · tǔ · soil 掩 (literal) → 掩 · yǎn · to cover

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

    created sense