远水不救近火
yuǎn​shuǐ​bù​jiù​jìn​huǒ

a slow remedy is useless for an emergency

  • created reference approved 远水不救近火/遠水不救近火 → 缓不济急/緩不濟急 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    远水不救近火 / 遠水不救近火 yuǎn​shuǐ​bù​jiù​jìn​huǒ

    缓不济急 / 緩不濟急 huǎn​bù​jì​jí

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 远水不救近火/遠水不救近火 · yuǎn​shuǐ​bù​jiù​jìn​huǒ · a slow remedy is useless for an emergency — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    远水不救近火 / 遠水不救近火

    yuǎn​shuǐ​bù​jiù​jìn​huǒ

    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|緩不濟急|huan3 bu4 ji4 ji2]]

    远 (literal) → 远/遠 · yuǎn · far 水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 救 (literal) → 救 · jiù · to stop 近 (literal) → 近 · jìn · near 火 (literal) → 火 · huǒ · fire

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense