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兵来将敌，水来土堰

bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn

9-character word Traditional 兵來將敵，水來土堰

What 兵来将敌，水来土堰 means

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

The characters in 兵来将敌，水来土堰

• 兵bīngsoldiers; a force; an army
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 将jiāngwill; shall; to use
• 敌dí(bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist…
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 土tǔearth; dust; clay
• 堰yànweir