远水不救近火 yuǎnshuǐbùjiùjìnhuǒ a slow remedy is useless for an emergency Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 远水不救近火 遠水不救近火 yuǎnshuǐbùjiùjìnhuǒ a slow remedy is useless for an emergency literally means that water in a distant place is of little use for putting out a fire right here; a slow remedy does not address the current emergency; same as 缓不济急 huǎnbùjìjí Frequency Written text 0.007 per million Cross-References Same as 缓不济急 huǎnbùjìjí远水救不了近火 yuǎnshuǐjiùbuliǎojìnhuǒSynonym 远水不解近渴 yuǎnshuǐbùjiějìnkě Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
远水不救近火 遠水不救近火 yuǎnshuǐbùjiùjìnhuǒ a slow remedy is useless for an emergency literally means that water in a distant place is of little use for putting out a fire right here; a slow remedy does not address the current emergency; same as 缓不济急 huǎnbùjìjí Frequency Written text 0.007 per million Cross-References Same as 缓不济急 huǎnbùjìjí远水救不了近火 yuǎnshuǐjiùbuliǎojìnhuǒSynonym 远水不解近渴 yuǎnshuǐbùjiějìnkě Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
