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救急不救窮

简救急不救穷 · 繁救急不救窮

Mandarin · pinyin jiù jí bù jiù qióng

help the starving but not the poor (idiom)

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救: jiù · save, rescue, relieve; help, aid
急: jí · quick, quickly; urgent, pressing
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
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穷: qióng · poor, destitute, impoverished

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4–2–4–4–2 · jiu4 ji2 bu4 jiu4 qiong2

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