兵来将敌，水来土堰 in English bing1 lai2 jiang4 di2 , shui3 lai2 tu3 yan4 Meaning

Meanings

  • counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiomatic expression); different situations call for different action
  • to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation

Simplified Characters

兵 来 将 敌 ， 水 来 土 堰

Traditional Characters

兵 來 將 敵 ， 水 來 土 堰

Pinyin

bing1 lai2 jiang4 di2 , shui3 lai2 tu3 yan4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

兵bing1soldiers 来lai2to come 将jiang1will 敌di2enemy ， 水shui3surname Shui 来lai2to come 土tu3Tu (ethnic group) 堰yan4weir