远水不解近渴
Traditional form:
遠水不解近渴
Pinyin (reading):
yuǎnshuǐbùjiějìnkě
Definitions:
- lit. distant water does not cure present thirst; fig. urgent need
- a slow remedy does not address immediate needs
Characters:
- 远 - distant, remote, far; profound
- 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 解 - to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
- 近 - to approach; near, close; intimate
- 渴 - thirsty, parched; to yearn, to pine for
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