兵来将挡，水来土掩
Traditional form:
兵來將擋，水來土掩
Pinyin (reading):
bīngláijiàngdǎng,shuǐláitǔyǎn
Definitions:
- 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:
- 兵 - soldier; troops, an army; warlike
- 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
- 将 - the future, what will be; ready, prepared; a general
- 挡 - to block, to obstruct; to get in the way; cover, guard
- 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
- 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
- 土 - soil, earth; items made of earth
- 掩 - to cover up (with a hand); to ambush, to conceal; to shut
Traditional characters:
- 兵 - soldier; troops, an army; warlike
- 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
- 將 - the future, what will be; ready, prepared; a general
- 擋 - to block, to obstruct; to get in the way; cover, guard
- 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
- 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
- 土 - soil, earth; items made of earth
- 掩 - to cover up (with a hand); to ambush, to conceal; to shut