远亲不如近邻
yuǎn​qīn​bù​rú​jìn​lín

neighbors are better than distant relatives

  1. 远亲 遠親 yuǎn​qīn
    relative living far away
    a relative who resides in a distant location; used in the idiom 远亲不如近邻 yuǎn​qīn​bù​rú​jìn​lín
  2. 不如 bù​rú verbpreposition
    not as good as
    not equal to; inferior to; to be not as good as
  3. 近邻 近鄰 jìn​lín noun
    close neighbor
    a neighbor living nearby