缓不济急 — Chinese idiom
缓不济急
huǎn bù jì jí
Traditional: 緩不濟急
Meaning
- lit. slow no aid to urgent ; slow measures will not address a critical situation
- too slow to meet a pressing need
Character by character
- 缓huǎnslow, gradual; to postpone, to delay
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 济jìto aid, to help, to relieve; to ferry across
- 急jíanxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent
Idioms sharing a character
- 轻重缓急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
- 一字不提 yī zì bù tí
- 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
- 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí
- 一毛不拔 yī máo bù bá
- 一病不起 yī bìng bù qǐ
- 一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng
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