远亲不如近邻 (遠親不如近鄰) yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlín

1. yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlín phrase A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor . Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.
   Domain: Proverb 谚语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '遠親不如近鄰')
2. yuǎn qīn bù rú jìn lín phrase neighbors are better than distant relatives
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
   Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)

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• Chapter 2: The Language of Non-Contention - Good Neighbors 卷二　無諍的語言 好鄰居 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 7 - A Footprint with Every Step 《人間萬事7－一步一腳印》 — count: 2
• Volume 11: Fo Guang Studies - Class 6: The Objectives and Concepts of the Buddha's Light International Association 第十一冊　佛光學 第六課　國際佛光會的宗旨和理念 Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 1
• Chapter 1: Natural Life - Unusual 卷一　大自然的生命 ■反常 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 8 - The World's Energy 《人間萬事8－人間的能源》 — count: 1
• Hsing Yun Diary 15 - Complete Affinity in the Human World: A True Vacuum 星雲日記15～緣滿人間 真淡真空(1992/2/1~2/15) Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》 — count: 1
• Next Door Neighbors 左鄰右舍 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 9 - It's Lonely at the Top 《迷悟之間(九)高處不勝寒》 — count: 1
• The Value of Good Neighbors 我愛芳鄰 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 12 - The Stages of Life 《迷悟之間(十二)生活的層次》 — count: 1
• Lecture 3: Contact Between Monasteries 第三講．諸山往來 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 3: Activities at Places of Practice 《僧事百講3－道場行事》 — count: 1