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揠苗助长 consists of 4 characters.
How to Use 揠苗助长 in Sentences
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Idiom + Noun
yà揠
miáo苗
zhù助
cháng长
de的
gù故
shì事
neutral
the story of pulling up seedlings to help them grow
yà揠
miáo苗
zhù助
cháng长
de的
zuò做
fǎ法
formal
the practice of pulling up seedlings to help them grow
yà揠
miáo苗
zhù助
cháng长
，
shì适
dé得
qí其
fǎn反
formalWritten
pulling up seedlings to help them grow, getting the opposite result
qiè切
wù勿
yà揠
miáo苗
zhù助
cháng长
formalWritten
must not pull up seedlings to help them grow
Example Sentences with 揠苗助长
tā他
tài太
zháo着
jí急
le了
，
xiǎng想
kuài快
diǎn点
ràng让
huā花
zhǎng长
dà大
，
jié结
guǒ果
yà揠
miáo苗
zhù助
zhǎng长
，
huā花
fǎn反
ér而
sǐ死
le了
。
He was too impatient and tried to make the flower grow faster, but it backfired and the flower died instead.
zài在
hái孩
zǐ子
de的
chéng成
zhǎng长
guò过
chéng程
zhōng中
，
qiè切
jì忌
yà揠
miáo苗
zhù助
zhǎng长
，
yìng应
zūn尊
zhòng重
qí其
zì自
rán然
fā发
zhǎn展
guī规
lǜ律
。
In the process of a child's growth, one must avoid spoiling things by excessive eagerness and should respect their natural development patterns.
nǐ你
nán难
dào道
bù不
jué觉
de得
，
zhè这
zhǒng种
yà揠
miáo苗
zhù助
zhǎng长
de的
zuò做
fǎ法
huì会
shì适
dé得
qí其
fǎn反
ma吗
？
Don't you think that this approach of spoiling things by excessive eagerness will be counterproductive?
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fù父
mǔ母
gěi给
hái孩
zi子
bào报
tài太
duō多
bǔ补
xí习
bān班
，
zhè这
jiù就
xiàng像
yà揠
miáo苗
zhù助
zhǎng长
，
kě可
néng能
ràng让
hái孩
zi子
shī失
qù去
xué学
xí习
xìng兴
qù趣
。
Parents enrolling their children in too many tutoring classes is like pulling up seedlings to help them grow, which may cause children to lose interest in learning.
wǒ我
men们
jué绝
bù不
néng能
wèi为
le了
zhuī追
qiú求
duǎn短
qī期
xiào效
yì益
ér而
cǎi采
qǔ取
yà揠
miáo苗
zhù助
zhǎng长
de的
cè策
lüè略
。
We must never adopt a strategy of spoiling things by excessive eagerness in pursuit of short-term benefits.
yà揠
miáo苗
zhù助
cháng长
bù不
jǐn仅
wú无
zhù助
yú于
xiàng项
mù目
tuī推
jìn进
，
fǎn反
ér而
kě可
néng能
yǐn引
fā发
yí一
xì系
liè列
xīn新
wèn问
tí题
。
Spoiling things by excessive eagerness not only fails to help the project progress but may also trigger a series of new problems.
gōng公
sī司
wèi为
le了
duǎn短
qī期
yè业
jì绩
yà揠
miáo苗
zhù助
zhǎng长
，
hū忽
shì视
le了
cháng长
qī期
fā发
zhǎn展
，
zuì最
zhōng终
dǎo导
zhì致
shì市
chǎng场
jìng竞
zhēng争
lì力
xià下
jiàng降
。
The company pulled up seedlings to help them grow for short-term performance, neglecting long-term development, which ultimately led to a decline in market competitiveness.
tā他
zǒng总
xiǎng想
yí一
bù步
dēng登
tiān天
，
jié结
guǒ果
yà揠
miáo苗
zhù助
zhǎng长
，
bǎ把
shì事
qíng情
gǎo搞
dé得
yì一
tuán团
zāo糟
。
He always wants to reach the top in one step, but ends up spoiling things by excessive eagerness and making a mess of everything.