兵来将敌,水来土堰

bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn

counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action

to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation

兵

bīng

soldiers

来

lái

to come

将

jiàng

(bound form) a general

敌

dí

(bound form) enemy

,

,

水

shuǐ

water

来

lái

to come

土

tǔ

earth

堰

yàn

weir