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===See also=== * "better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off." [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Proverbs#27:10 Proverbs 27:10b KJV]
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==Chinese==
==Chinese==
{{zh-forms|s=远亲不如近邻|type=222}}
{{zh-forms|s=远亲不如近邻|type=222}}

===Etymology===
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Compare {{noncog|en||better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off}} ([[s:Bible (King James)/Proverbs#27:10|Proverbs 27:10b KJV]]).


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
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|m=yuǎnqīn 不rú jìnlín
|m=yuǎnqīn 不rú jìnlín
|c=jyun5 can1 bat1 jyu4 gan6 leon4
|c=jyun5 can1 bat1 jyu4 gan6 leon4
|cat=ph
|cat=prov
}}
}}


===Phrase===
===Proverb===
{{zh-phrase}}
{{zh-proverb}}


# Nearby [[neighbour]]s are better than distant [[cousin]]s.
# Nearby [[neighbour]]s are better than distant [[cousin]]s.

===See also===
⚫
* "better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off." [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Proverbs#27:10 Proverbs 27:10b KJV]

Revision as of 01:31, 8 March 2019

See also: 远亲不如近邻

Chinese

distant relative or relation; remote kinsfolk
 
to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as
to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to
 next-door neighbour; close neighbour
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

Compare English better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off (Proverbs 27:10b KJV).

Pronunciation

Proverb

Template:zh-proverb

  1. Nearby neighbours are better than distant cousins.
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