Proverb 17: 远水不能救近火
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远水不能救近火 [yuǎn shuì bù néng jiù jìn huǒ]
Urgent local problems cannot be solved by distant resources.
Lit: You cannot fight a fire with water from far away.
Published: 21.03.2013, 1:01pm
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