pull up a seedling in the mistaken hope of helping it to grow ()
HSK 6
Traditional
拔苗助長
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急于求成可能会导致拔苗助长。 jí yú qiú chéng kě néng huì dǎo zhì bá miáo zhù zhǎng. - Being too hasty may lead to pulling up seedlings to help them grow faster.
不能拔苗助长，需要耐心等待。 bù néng bá miáo zhù zhǎng, xū yào nài xīn děng dài. - You can’t pull up seedlings to help them grow faster; you need to wait patiently.
要避免拔苗助长，必须按部就班。 yào bì miǎn bá miáo zhù zhǎng, bì xū àn bù jiù bān. - To avoid pulling up seedlings to help them grow faster, you must proceed step by step.
拔苗助长容易引起负面影响。 bá miáo zhù zhǎng róng yì yǐn qǐ fù miàn yǐng xiǎng. - Pulling up seedlings to help them grow faster can easily lead to negative effects.
学习过程中不能急于拔苗助长。 xué xí guò chéng zhōng bù néng jí yú bá miáo zhù zhǎng. - You can’t rush growth during the learning process.
Characters
长 cháng - long | HSK 2
长 zhǎng - to grow | HSK 3
助 zhù - help, assist, aid |
苗 miáo - young plant, seedling; descendant |
拔 bá - to pull out, to uproot; to seize, to capture |