📖 Meaning
To ruin something by rushing it. Trying to speed up a natural process and ending up destroying it.
📜 Origin Story
An impatient farmer pulled his rice seedlings upward to make them grow faster. He returned home exhausted but proud, only to find his seedlings withered the next day.
💡 Example Usage
教育孩子不能拔苗助长。
Don't rush a child's education—pulling seedlings to help them grow only kills them.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 拔苗助长
- Pinyin: bá miáo zhù zhǎng
- Literal Translation: pull seedlings, help growth
- Category: Action
- Characters: 4