Meaning of 拔苗助长
拔苗助长 means be overanxious for results and spoil things by rushing them; harm by misguided effort. Pronounced bá miáo zhù zhǎng.
- be overanxious for results and spoil things by rushing them; harm by misguided effort
Definitions & Examples
Jiā家
zhǎng长
gěi给
hái孩
zi子
bào报
tài太
duō多
bǔ补
xí习
bān班
，
wú无
yì异
yú于
bá拔
miáo苗
zhù助
zhǎng长
。
Parents signing their children up for too many tutoring classes is like hastening growth by pulling up seedlings.
Gōng公
sī司
wèi为
le了
duǎn短
qī期
lì利
rùn润
ér而
xuē削
jiǎn减
yán研
fā发
jīng经
fèi费
，
zhè这
shì是
bá拔
miáo苗
zhù助
zhǎng长
de的
xíng行
wéi为
。
For the sake of short-term profits, the company cutting R&D funding is an act that spoils things by undue haste.
Duì对
hái孩
zi子
de的
jiào教
yù育
yào要
xún循
xù序
jiàn渐
jìn进
，
bù不
néng能
bá拔
miáo苗
zhù助
zhǎng长
。
Children's education should progress step by step; you can't force the pace.