拔苗助长
bá​miáo​zhù​zhǎng

to spoil things through excessive zeal

  • created reference approved 拔苗助长/拔苗助長 → 揠苗助长/揠苗助長 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拔苗助长 / 拔苗助長 bá​miáo​zhù​zhǎng

    揠苗助长 / 揠苗助長 yà​miáo​zhù​zhǎng

    same_as

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  • created sense approved 拔苗助长/拔苗助長 · bá​miáo​zhù​zhǎng · to spoil things through excessive zeal — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拔苗助长 / 拔苗助長

    bá​miáo​zhù​zhǎng

    to spoil things through excessive zeal

    To spoil things through excessive enthusiasm or by being too impatient for success, originating from the Gongsun Chou I chapter of Mencius; literally to pull up rice seedlings to help them grow, which only results in killing the plants

    bā​miáo​zhù​zhǎng

    拔 (literal) → 拔 · bá · to pull up 苗 (literal) → 苗 · miáo · seedling 助长 (literal) → 助长/助長 · zhù​zhǎng · to help grow

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