created sense approved 揠 · yà · to pull up — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
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yà
to pull up
(bound form) to pull up; to eradicate; used in the idiom [[揠苗助长|揠苗助長|ya4 miao2 zhu4 zhang3]] to describe ruining something by forcing its growth
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