遠水不救近火

see 遠水救不了近火|远水救不了近火[yuan3 shui3 jiu4 bu5 liao3 jin4 huo3]

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

variant of 救[jiu4]

to save / to assist / to rescue

surname Shui

water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

near / close to / approximately

far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)

to distance oneself from (classical)