Read Edit View history 遠水不解近渴 yuǎnshuǐbùjiějìnkě a slow remedy cannot help an urgent need Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 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. Edit Delete References Add reference variant 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 Edit Delete synonym 远水不解近渴/遠水不解近渴 → 远水不救近火/遠水不救近火 Edit Delete
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. Edit Delete