救急不救穷 — Semantide dictionary

Entry

救jiù急jí不bù救jiù穷qióng

help the starving but not the poor (idiom)
trad. 救急不救窮

Also written 救急不救窮【jiù jí bù jiù qióng】

Characters in this word

4

救

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variant of 救[jiu4]

Pinyin: jiù
Traditional: 捄

Strokes: 11
Frequency: 489 of 2500

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急

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

Pinyin: jí

Strokes: 9
Frequency: 2110 of 2500

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不

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

Pinyin: bù

Strokes: 4
Frequency: 9 of 2500

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穷

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poor, destitute, to use up, to exhaust, thoroughly, extremely, (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

Pinyin: qióng
Traditional: 窮

Strokes: 7
Frequency: 9199 of 2500

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