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遠水救不了近火
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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
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
yuǎnshuǐjiùbùliǎojìnhuǒ
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄩㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
jyun
5
seoi
2
gau
3
bat
1
liu
5
gan
6
fo
2
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
yuǎnshuǐjiùbùliǎojìnhuǒ
[Phonetic:
yuán
shuǐjiùbùliǎojìnhuǒ]
Zhuyin
:
ㄩㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
yuǎnshuěijiòubùliǎojìnhuǒ
Wade–Giles
:
yüan
3
-shui
3
-chiu
4
-pu
4
-liao
3
-chin
4
-huo
3
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
:
jyun
5
seoi
2
gau
3
bat
1
liu
5
gan
6
fo
2
Yale
:
yúhn séui gau b
ā
t líuh gahn fó
Cantonese Pinyin
:
jyn
5
soey
2
gau
3
bat
7
liu
5
gan
6
fo
2
Guangdong Romanization
:
yun
5
sêu
2
geo
3
bed
1
liu
5
gen
6
fo
2
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/jyːn¹³ sɵy̯³⁵ kɐu̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ liːu̯¹³ kɐn²² fɔː³⁵/
Proverb
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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
”
)