- 丘(mound; heap)
- 八(scattered; dispersed)
A soldier holding a weapon gathers with others into a formation as solid as an earthen mound.
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counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
When soldiers come, generals will oppose them; when water comes, earth will dam it; we adapt to circumstances as they arise.
to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
When soldiers come, the general counters them; when water comes, earth dams it—he always finds a way to solve any problem.
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
When soldiers come, generals will oppose them; when water comes, earth will dam it; we adapt to circumstances as they arise.
to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
When soldiers come, the general counters them; when water comes, earth dams it—he always finds a way to solve any problem.
A soldier holding a weapon gathers with others into a formation as solid as an earthen mound.
Wheat (a plant with a person beneath it) is something people bring, so this character means 'to come' or 'to arrive'.
A general holding meat in his hand under the moonlight at night, ready to command.
Water mimics the flow of running water with ripples on both sides.
A vertical line driven into the ground represents earth and soil.
A soldier holding a weapon gathers with others into a formation as solid as an earthen mound.
Wheat (a plant with a person beneath it) is something people bring, so this character means 'to come' or 'to arrive'.
A general holding meat in his hand under the moonlight at night, ready to command.
Water mimics the flow of running water with ripples on both sides.
A vertical line driven into the ground represents earth and soil.
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
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