远水不救近火
Traditional form:
遠水不救近火
Pinyin (reading):
yuǎnshuǐbùjiùjìnhuǒ
Definitions:
- see 遠水救不了近火／远水救不了近火 (yuǎnshuǐjiùbuliǎojìnhuǒ)
Characters:
- 远 - distant, remote, far; profound
- 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 救 - aid, help; to rescue, to save
- 近 - to approach; near, close; intimate
- 火 - fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
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