太行山上看运河，远水不解近渴太行山上看運河，遠水不解近渴太行山上看運河，遠水不解近渴

looking at the Grand Canal from the Taihang Mountains: distant water doesn't quench present thirst

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: A slow or far-off remedy cannot meet an urgent need.

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Simplified: 太行山上看运河，远水不解近渴
Traditional (Taiwan): 太行山上看運河，遠水不解近渴
Pinyin: Tàihángshān shang kàn yùnhé, yuǎnshuǐbùjiějìnkě
Pinyin (Taiwan): Tàihángshān shàng kàn yùnhé, yuǎnshuǐbùjiějìnkě
Bopomofo: ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄤˊ ㄕㄢㄕㄤˋ ㄎㄢˋ ㄩㄣˋ ㄏㄜˊ，ㄩㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄜˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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