Meaning of 揠苗助长
揠苗助长 means to pull up seedlings to help them grow (the literal story from Mencius); to violate the laws of development by rushing things; to spoil things by excessive enthusiasm. Pronounced yà miáo zhù zhǎng.
- to pull up seedlings to help them grow (the literal story from Mencius)
- to violate the laws of development by rushing things; to spoil things by excessive enthusiasm
Definitions & Examples
Yà揠
miáo苗
zhù助
zhǎng长
zhè这
gè个
diǎn典
gù故
chū出
zì自
《
Mèng孟
zǐ子
·
Gōng公
sūn孙
Chǒu丑
shàng上
》
。
The allusion of 'pulling up seedlings to help them grow' comes from Mencius, Gongsun Chou I.
Sòng宋
rén人
yà揠
miáo苗
zhù助
zhǎng长
de的
xíng行
wéi为
xiǎn显
de得
shí十
fēn分
yú愚
chǔn蠢
kě可
xiào笑
。
The Song man's act of pulling up seedlings to help them grow appeared extremely foolish and ridiculous.
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