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兵来将挡，水来土掩

兵來將擋，水來土掩

bīng lái jiàng dǎng shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn

bing1 loi4 jeung1 dong2 , seui2 loi4 tou2 yim2

different situations call for different action

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counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom) / different situations call for different action / [to] [adopt] [measures] [appropriate] to the actual situation /

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Cantofish: counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; adopt measures appropriate to the actual situtation

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

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