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远水不解近渴

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6-character word Traditional 遠水不解近渴

What 远水不解近渴 means

1. lit. distant water does not cure present thirst; fig. urgent need
2. a slow remedy does not address immediate needs

The characters in 远水不解近渴

• 远yuǎnfar; distant; remote
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 解jiěto divide; to break up; to split
• 近jìnnear; close to; approximately
• 渴kěthirsty