拔苗助長

bámiáozhùzhǎng

try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward—spoil things by excessive enthusiasm

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bá miáo zhù zhǎng

v. spoil things by undue haste, try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward, spoil things by excessive enthusiasm

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ba2 miao2 zhu4 zhang3

to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)

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拔苗助長|拔苗助长 [bá miáo zhù zhǎng] ► to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)