HSK 6
Correct
拔苗助长
/ bá miáo zhùzhǎng /
Strokes
Definition
to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
Example
拔苗助长：成语
1
Bùyào
不要
duì
对
háizi
孩子
yāoqiú
要求
tài
太
gāo
高
,
fǒuzé
否则
zhī
只
huì
会
bámiáozhùzhǎng
拔苗助长
。
Don't ask too much of your child, or you'll just pull out the seedlings.
2
Qǐyè
企业
gǎigé
改革
yīnggāi
应该
xúnxùjiànjìn
循序渐进
,
bù
不
néng
能
bámiáozhùzhǎng
拔苗助长
。
Enterprise reform should be gradual, can not "pull the seed to promote."
Definition
try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upwards—spoil things by undue haste; destructive enthusiasm