兵来将挡，水来土掩

兵
兵
来
來
将
將
挡
擋
，
，
,
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 兵来将挡，水来土掩

兵
bīng = bi + (e)ng1
soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4]
来
來
lái = l + ai2
to come / to arrive / to come round / ever since / next
将
將
jiāng = 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
將
qiāng = 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
擋
dàng = d + ang4
to arrange / to put in order
挡
攩
dǎng = d + ang3
variant of 擋|挡[dang3]
水
shuǐ = shu + ei3
water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes
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]
掩
yǎn = y + an3
to cover up / to close / to surprise
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

Words with 兵来将挡，水来土掩

兵来将挡，水来土掩 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 兵来将挡，水来土掩

兵来将挡，水来土掩 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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