缓不济急
缓不济急
huǎn bù jì jí
lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation; too slow to meet a pressing need
idiom
Traditional: 緩不濟急
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- (idiom) lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation
- too slow to meet a pressing need
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Related Words
远水不解近渴(yuǎn shuǐ bù jiě jìn kě)— lit. distant water does not cure present thirst; fig. urgent need
→远水救不了近火(yuǎn shuǐ jiù bu liǎo jìn huǒ)— lit. water from afar quenches not fire; fig. urgent need
→不怕慢，就怕站(bù pà màn , jiù pà zhàn)— it's better to make slow progress than no progress at all (proverb)
→不疾不徐(bù jí bù xú)— neither too fast nor too slow (idiom)
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