兵来将挡,水来土掩 bing1 lai2 jiang4 dang3 , shui3 lai2 tu3 yan3

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

Traditional: 兵來將擋,水來土掩

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English Phonetic: 'idiәm
Detailed Definition: n. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up