Read Edit View history 揠苗助长 yàmiáozhùzhǎng to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 揠苗助长 揠苗助長 yàmiáozhùzhǎng to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm to spoil things through a desire for quick success, specifically by interfering with the natural process of growth; literally "to pull up seedlings to help them grow" Frequency Written text 0.112 per million Cross-References Same as 拔苗助长 bámiáozhùzhǎng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
揠苗助长 揠苗助長 yàmiáozhùzhǎng to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm to spoil things through a desire for quick success, specifically by interfering with the natural process of growth; literally "to pull up seedlings to help them grow" Frequency Written text 0.112 per million Cross-References Same as 拔苗助长 bámiáozhùzhǎng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)