远水不救近火 in English yuan3 shui3 bu4 jiu4 jin4 huo3 Meaning

Meanings

  • see 遠水救不了近火|远水救不了近火[yuan3 shui3 jiu4 bu5 liao3 jin4 huo3]

Simplified Characters

远 水 不 救 近 火

Traditional Characters

遠 水 不 救 近 火

Pinyin

yuan3 shui3 bu4 jiu4 jin4 huo3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

远yuan3far 水shui3surname Shui 不bu4(negative prefix) 救jiu4variant of 救[jiu4] 近jin4near 火huo3surname Huo