拔苗助长 — Chinese idiom
拔苗助长
bá miáo zhù zhǎng
Traditional: 拔苗助長
Meaning
- to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm
Character by character
- 拔báto uproot, to pull out; to select, to promote
- 苗miáosprouts; Miao nationality
- 助zhùto help, to aid, to assist
- 长zhǎnglong, lasting; to excel in
Idioms sharing a character
- 一毛不拔 yī máo bù bá
- 出类拔萃 chū lèi bá cuì
- 剑拔弩张 jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
- 吹灯拔蜡 chuī dēng bá là
- 坚韧不拔 jiān rèn bù bá
- 拔地而起 bá dì ér qǐ
- 拔茅连茹 bá máo lián rú
- 助人为乐 zhù rén wéi lè
- 助纣为虐 zhù Zhòu wéi nüè
- 得道多助 dé dào duō zhù
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