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

to adopt measures appropriate to the situation

  1. 兵 bīng noun
    soldier
    soldier; a rank-and-file member of the military
  2. 来 來 lái verb
    to come
    To come; to arrive; to move toward the speaker; to crop up or happen
  3. 将 將 jiàng noun
    general
    a high-ranking military officer; a general; (military) a general officer rank above colonel
  4. 敌 敵 dí
    to resist
    (bound form) to resist; to withstand; to counter or ward off
  5. ， shuǐ
    non-Chinese
  6. 水 shuǐ noun
    water
    water; a liquid, juice, or lotion
  7. 来 來 lái verb
    to come
    To come; to arrive; to move toward the speaker; to crop up or happen
  8. 土 tǔ noun
    soil
    soil; earth; dirt; clay
  9. 堰 yàn
    to dam
    (literary) to block or dam up water