"遠水は近火を救わず" meaning in 日本語

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Phrase

Forms: 遠水近火を救わず, えんすいはきんかをすくわず
  1. 遠くにあるものは急の役に立たないということ。
    Sense id: ja-遠水は近火を救わず-ja-phrase-o-a5PLUS Categories (other): 故事成語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (遠くにあるものは急の役に立たないということ。): 遠水渇を救わず
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    "『韓非子・説林上』での犁鉏の進言「失火而取水於海,海水雖多,火必不滅矣,遠水不救近火也。」から。"
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