远水不救近火远水救不了近火yuǎn shuǐ bù jiù jìn huǒdistant water won’t put out a fire close at hand—a slow remedy cannot meet an urgency (/emergency)
❍ 他们要来帮助你？那可是～。They are coming to your help? But it is like distant water which won’t put out a fire close at hand! 远水不救近火yuǎn shuǐ bù jiù jìn huǒ远处的水救不了近处的火。比喻缓不济急。a slow remedy cannot meet an urgency, water after quenching not fire |