兵來將擋，水來土掩

兵
兵
来
來
将
將
挡
擋
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，
,
水
水
来
來
土
土
掩
掩
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 and words in 兵來將擋，水來土掩

兵
bi̅ng = bi + (e)ng1
soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4]
兵 = 丘 + 八 : Brunhilde and the soldier visit a burial mound in front of the engine. It is round like a ball like the deceased inside. To commemorate the round fallen soldier they put up a big eight-ball.
来
來
lái = l + ai2
to come / to arrive / to come round / ever since / next
來 = 从 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: mailwoman. Sir Lancelot (l) is visiting the mailwoman (來) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2). As a gift, he brought a Christmas tree (木) decorated with rubber chicken (从).
来 = 丷 + 未 : Mnemonic symbol: mailwoman. Lancelot (l) is super happy that his inflatable crocodile (丷) and live size Ai Weiwei (未) puppet finally arrived (来). The mailwoman (来) delivered them straight to the kitchen of the airplane (ai2).
将
將
jia̅ng = ji + ang1
will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
将
將
jiàng = ji + ang4
general / commander-in-chief (military) / king (chess piece) / to command / to lead
将 = 丬 + 夕 + 寸 : The chess king (将) is commanding (将) his bats (夕) to attack Joan of Arc (ji) with sawdust (丬) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) to punish her for her sins. He gives the command by showing the thumbs up (寸) sign.
将
將
qia̅ng = qi + ang1
to desire / to invite / to request
将
將
jiàng = ji + ang4
(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
挡
擋
dǎng = d + ang3
to resist / to obstruct / to hinder / to keep off / to block (a blow) / to get in the way of / cover / gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
挡 = 当 + 扌 : An angry pitbull (当) attacks Don Quixote (d) in the anglepod (ang3), but Don Quixote resists (挡) with a toy claw (扌). The pitbull bites into the toy claw fiercely, but the toy claw is able to resist (挡) his bite.
挡
擋
dàng = d + ang4
to arrange / to put in order
水
shuǐ = shu + ei3
surname Shui
水
shuǐ = shu + ei3
water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes
水 = ㇇ + 亅 + 丿 + ㇏ : Sheldon Shrimp just climbed the Eiffel Tower. He's really thirsty, so he's glad to find a water fountain. After he quenches his thirst, he also finds a snack: A banana is swimming in the water. He never ate a banana before, so he tries a mix of different methods: Putting on a fake beak to pick on the banana, holding it with a finger and peeling it with a crowbar.
土
tǔ = tu + Ø3
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
土
tǔ = tu + Ø3
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.
掩
yǎn = y + an3
to cover up / to close / to surprise
掩 = 奄 + 扌 : Maud Younger (y) builds a bunker (掩) for cover (掩) inside of the anthill (an3). The bunker consists solely of omelets (奄) which Maud stacks to high and thick walls using a toy claw (扌).
掩
yǎn = y + an3
to cover up; to conceal / to close (a door, book etc) / (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid / (literary) to launch a surprise attack

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