急于求成 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• anxious for quick results ; to demand instant success
• impatient for result
• impetuous

Character by character

• 急jíanxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent
• 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
• 求qiúto seek; to request, to demand; to beseech, to beg
• 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;

Idioms sharing a character

• 不急之务 bù jí zhī wù
• 倒悬之急 dào xuán zhī jí
• 心急如焚 xīn jí rú fén
• 急不可待 jí bù kě dài
• 急人之难 jí rén zhī nàn
• 急功近利 jí gōng jìn lì
• 急如星火 jí rú xīng huǒ
• 急转直下 jí zhuǎn zhí xià
• 情急智生 qíng jí zhì shēng
• 操之过急 cāo zhī guò jí

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