远水不解近渴 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 遠水不解近渴 yuǎnshuǐbùjiějìnkě ㄩㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄜˇ lit. distant water does not cure present thirst fig. urgent need a slow remedy does not address immediate needs Character by character 远(yuǎn)far 水(shuǐ)surname Shui 不(bù)no 解(jiě)divide 近(jìn)near 渴(kě)thirsty A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0