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兵來將敵，水來土堰
简 兵来将敌，水来土堰 · 繁 兵來將敵，水來土堰Mandarin · pinyin bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
Meanings
- counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
- to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
Characters in this entry
- 兵
- bīng · soldier, troops
- 來
- lái · come, coming; return, returning
- 將
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- 敵
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- 水
- shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
- 土
- tǔ · soil, earth; items made of earth
- 堰
- yàn · dam; embankment, dike, bank
- 来
- lái · come, coming; return, returning
- 将
- jiāng · will, going to, future; general
- 敌
- dí · enemy, foe, rival; resist
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bing1 loi4 zoeng3 dik6 ，seoi2 loi4 tou2 jin2
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