遠水不救近火 [远－－－－－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. see 遠水救不了近火|远水救不了近火[yuan3 shui3 jiu4 bu5 liao3 jin4 huo3]
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. proverb, figuratively
    a slow remedy cannot resolve an emergency
    (syn.) 遠水不解近渴, 緩不濟急, 缓不济急, 远水不解近渴