兵來將擋，水來土掩 [－来将挡－－来－－]

Jyutping bing1 loi4 zoeng3 dong2 ， seoi2 loi4 tou2 jim2
Pinyin bīng lái jiàng dǎng ， shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. proverb
    to take such measures as the situation calls for

兵來將擋，水來土掩 [－来将挡－－来－－]

Jyutping bing1 loi4 zoeng3 dong2 , seoi2 loi4 tou2 jim2
Pinyin bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation