拔苗助长 (bá miáo zhù zhǎng) — (idiom) to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm; to try to help something grow by pulling it up — a metaphor for being overzealous and causing harm
Definition
A chengyu from a farmer who pulled his seedlings up to make them grow faster — and killed them. It means acting too eagerly and ruining things; the opposite of letting nature take its course.
idiom
to spoil things through excessive enthusiasmto try to help something grow by pulling it up — a metaphor for being overzealous and causing harm
Examples
- 拔苗助长，。Jiào yù hái zi bù néng bá miáo zhù zhǎng, yào yǒu nài xīn.When educating children, you cannot spoil things through excessive enthusiasm; you need to be patient.
- 拔苗助长。Tā zhè zhǒng zuò fǎ jiǎn zhí shì bá miáo zhù zhǎng.His approach is simply spoiling things through excessive enthusiasm.
- ，拔苗助长。Xué xí yǔ yán yào xún xù jiàn jìn, qiè jì bá miáo zhù zhǎng.Learning a language should be done step by step; avoid spoiling things through excessive enthusiasm.
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