huǎn​bù​jì​jí

too slow to help

Senses

缓不济急/ 緩不濟急 huǎn​bù​jì​jí (also huǎn​bú​jì​jí) too slow to help

(idiom) a slow measure cannot meet a pressing need; help that arrives too late to solve an urgent problem

References

see 济急/濟急 缓不济急/緩不濟急
same_as 远水不救近火/遠水不救近火 缓不济急/緩不濟急
synonym 远水救不了近火/遠水救不了近火 缓不济急/緩不濟急