遠親不如近鄰 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 远亲不如近邻 yuǎnqīnbùrújìnlín ㄩㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor (idiom). Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers. Character by character 遠(yuǎn)far 親(qīn)parent 不(bù)no 如(rú)as 近(jìn)near 鄰(lín)neighbor A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0