緩不濟急

lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation / too slow to meet a pressing need

slow / unhurried / sluggish / gradual / not tense / relaxed / to postpone / to defer / to stall / to stave off / to revive / to recuperate

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

not good / of no use

(coll.) no good; of no use

used in place names associated with the Ji River 濟水|济水[Ji3 Shui3] / surname Ji

only used in 濟濟|济济[ji3 ji3]

to cross a river / to aid or relieve / to be of help

used in 濟濟|济济[ji3 ji3]

to give relief (material)

urgent / pressing / rapid / hurried / worried / to make (sb) anxious