遠水不救近火遠水救不了近火yuǎn shuǐ bù jiù jìn huǒdistant water won’t put out a fire close at hand—a slow remedy cannot meet an urgency (/emergency)
? 他們要來幫助你？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! 遠水不救近火yuǎn shuǐ bù jiù jìn huǒ遠處的水救不了近處的火。比喻緩不濟急。a slow remedy cannot meet an urgency, water after quenching not fire |