See also: 远亲<span class="searchmatch">不如</span>近邻 Probably from an opera from the Yuan dynasty: 豈不聞<span class="searchmatch">遠親</span>呵不似我<span class="searchmatch">近鄰</span>，我怎敢做的個有口偏無信。 [Classical Chinese, trad.] 岂不闻远亲呵不似我近邻，我怎敢做的个有口偏无信。 [Classical...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">遠親</span><span class="searchmatch">不如</span><span class="searchmatch">近鄰</span>...
Daibuun: kuxnliin IPA (Taipei): /kun³³⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/ <span class="searchmatch">近鄰</span> next-door neighbour; close neighbour <span class="searchmatch">遠親</span><span class="searchmatch">不如</span><span class="searchmatch">近鄰</span> / 远亲<span class="searchmatch">不如</span>近邻 (yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlín) <span class="searchmatch">遠親</span><span class="searchmatch">近鄰</span> / 远亲近邻 鄰居／邻居 (línjū)...
IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰin³³/ <span class="searchmatch">遠親</span> distant relative or relation; remote kinsfolk (Hokkien) 麵線親／面线亲, 麵乾親／面干亲 <span class="searchmatch">遠親</span><span class="searchmatch">不如</span><span class="searchmatch">近鄰</span> / 远亲<span class="searchmatch">不如</span>近邻 (yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlín)...
(zìkuì-bùrú) 落水的鳳凰<span class="searchmatch">不如</span>雞 / 落水的凤凰<span class="searchmatch">不如</span>鸡 (luòshuǐ de fènghuáng bùrú jī) 豬狗<span class="searchmatch">不如</span> / 猪狗<span class="searchmatch">不如</span> (zhūgǒubùrú) <span class="searchmatch">遠親</span><span class="searchmatch">不如</span><span class="searchmatch">近鄰</span> / 远亲<span class="searchmatch">不如</span>近邻 (yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlín) 長痛<span class="searchmatch">不如</span>短痛 / 长痛<span class="searchmatch">不如</span>短痛 (cháng tòng...
pronunciation and definitions of <span class="searchmatch">遠親</span><span class="searchmatch">不如</span>近隣 – see <span class="searchmatch">遠親</span><span class="searchmatch">不如</span><span class="searchmatch">近鄰</span> (“Nearby neighbours are better than distant cousins.”). (This term is a variant traditional form of <span class="searchmatch">遠親</span><span class="searchmatch">不如</span><span class="searchmatch">近鄰</span>)....
people one is more likely to rely on in an emergency. Compare Chinese <span class="searchmatch">遠親</span><span class="searchmatch">不如</span><span class="searchmatch">近鄰</span> / 远亲<span class="searchmatch">不如</span>近邻 (yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlín). Compare Proverbs 27:10 KJV: Thine own friend...