远亲不如近邻
Traditional form:
遠親不如近鄰
Pinyin (reading):
yuǎnqīnbùrújìnlín
Definitions:
- A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.
Characters:
- 远 - distant, remote, far; profound
- 亲 - relatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 近 - to approach; near, close; intimate
- 邻 - neighbor; neighborhood
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