created reference approved 远水不解近渴/遠水不解近渴 → 远水解不了近渴/遠水解不了近渴 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
远水不解近渴 / 遠水不解近渴 yuǎnshuǐbùjiějìnkě
远水解不了近渴 / 遠水解不了近渴 yuǎnshuǐjiěbùliǎojìnkě
variant
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created reference approved 远水不解近渴/遠水不解近渴 → 远水不救近火/遠水不救近火 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
远水不解近渴 / 遠水不解近渴 yuǎnshuǐbùjiějìnkě
远水不救近火 / 遠水不救近火 yuǎnshuǐbùjiùjìnhuǒ
synonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 远水不解近渴/遠水不解近渴 · yuǎnshuǐbùjiějìnkě · a slow remedy cannot help an urgent need — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
远水不解近渴 / 遠水不解近渴
yuǎnshuǐbùjiějìnkě
a slow remedy cannot help an urgent need
Literally "distant water does not cure present thirst"; used to describe a solution that is too slow or too far away to be of any help for an immediate problem.
远 (literal) → 远/遠 · yuǎn · far 水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 解 (literal) → 解 · jiě · to relieve 近 (literal) → 近 · jìn · near 渴 (literal) → 渴 · kě · thirsty
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