急于求成 — Chinese idiom
急于求成
jí yú qiú chéng
Traditional: 急於求成
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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