遠水救不了近火

Chinese

		far; distant; remote	water; river	to save; to assist; to rescue	to be unfinished; to keep going on without end; to be unresolved to be unfinished; to keep going on without end; to be unresolved; to be unable to	near; close (to); approximately	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (遠水救不了近火)		遠	水	救	不了	近	火
simp. (远水救不了近火)		远	水	救	不了	近	火

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuǎnshuǐjiùbùliǎojìnhuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ seoi² gau³ bat¹ liu⁵ gan⁶ fo²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuǎnshuǐjiùbùliǎojìnhuǒ [Phonetic: yuánshuǐjiùbùliǎojìnhuǒ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuǎnshuěijiòubùliǎojìnhuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: yüan³-shui³-chiu⁴-pu⁴-liao³-chin⁴-huo³
  - Yale: ywǎn-shwěi-jyòu-bù-lyǎu-jìn-hwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuanshoeijiowbuleaujinnhuoo
  - Palladius: юаньшуйцзюбуляоцзиньхо (juanʹšujczjubuljaoczinʹxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁵ seoi² gau³ bat¹ liu⁵ gan⁶ fo²
  - Yale: yúhn séui gau bāt líuh gahn fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ soey² gau³ bat⁷ liu⁵ gan⁶ fo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ sêu² geo³ bed¹ liu⁵ gen⁶ fo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ sɵy̯³⁵ kɐu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ liːu̯¹³ kɐn²² fɔː³⁵/

Proverb

遠水救不了近火

Alternative form of 遠水不救近火／远水不救近火 (yuǎn shuǐ bù jiù jìn huǒ, “a slow remedy cannot resolve an emergency”)

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