遠親不如近鄰
See also: 远亲不如近邻
Chinese
distant relative or relation; remote kinsfolk | next-door neighbour; close neighbour | |||
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trad. (遠親不如近鄰/遠親不如近隣) | 遠親 | 不如 | 近鄰/近隣 | |
simp. (远亲不如近邻) | 远亲 | 不如 | 近邻 |
Etymology
Probably from an opera from the Yuan dynasty:
- 豈不聞遠親呵不似我近鄰,我怎敢做的個有口偏無信。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Yuan dynasty, (deprecated template usage) 秦簡夫, (deprecated template usage) 《東堂老勸破家子弟》, 第四折
- Qǐ bù wén yuǎnqīn hē bùsì wǒ jìnlín, wǒ zěn gǎn zuò de ge yǒu kǒu piān wú xìn. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
岂不闻远亲呵不似我近邻,我怎敢做的个有口偏无信。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Compare English better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off (Proverbs 27:10b KJV).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yuǎncin bùrú jìnlín
- Wade–Giles: yüan3-chʻin1 pu4-ju2 chin4-lin2
- Yale: ywǎn-chīn bù-rú jìn-lín
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuanchin buru jinnlin
- Palladius: юаньцинь бужу цзиньлинь (juanʹcinʹ bužu czinʹlinʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹ lin³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyun5 can1 bat1 jyu4 gan6 leon4
- Yale: yúhn chān bāt yùh gahn lèuhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn5 tsan1 bat7 jy4 gan6 loen4
- Guangdong Romanization: yun5 cen1 bed1 yu4 gen6 lên4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyːn¹³ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ kɐn²² lɵn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proverb
- Nearby neighbours are better than distant cousins (because they can help and take care of each other).
- 你明日倘或再去做時,帶了些錢在身邊,也買些酒食與他回禮。常言道:『遠親不如近鄰』,休要失了人情。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14th century CE
- Nǐ míngrì tǎnghuò zài qù zuò shí, dài le xiē qián zài shēnbiān, yě mǎi xiē jiǔshí yǔ tā huílǐ. Chángyán dào: ‘Yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlín’, xiū yào shī le rénqíng. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
你明日倘或再去做时,带了些钱在身边,也买些酒食与他回礼。常言道:『远亲不如近邻』,休要失了人情。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
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