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拔苗助長

拔苗助长

bámiáozhùzhǎng

to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)

(figurative) to be hasty and use inappropriate methods in order to achieve a goal quickly, but by doing so ruin things instead and fail in the end
to be hasty and use inappropriate methods in order to achieve a goal quickly, but by doing so ruin things instead and fail in the end

比喻為求速成而不按事物本有漸進的秩序，結果不但無益，反而有害。參見「揠苗助長」條。

重編國語辭典

為求速成而未循序漸進，有害無益

Entry Composition

to pull up
to pull out
to draw out by suction
to select
to pick
to stand out (above level)
to surpass
to seize

to encourage
to foster
to foment