救急不救穷 in English jiu4 ji2 bu4 jiu4 qiong2 Meaning

Meanings

• help the starving but not the poor (idiomatic expression)

Pinyin

jiu4 ji2 bu4 jiu4 qiong2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

救jiu4variant of 救[jiu4] 急ji2urgent 不bu4(negative prefix) 救jiu4variant of 救[jiu4] 穷qiong2poor