拔苗助长

(拔苗助長)bá miáo zhù zhǎng

Spoil things by excessive enthusiasm (literally: pull seedlings to help them grow)

Example Sentences

我们要学习这种拔苗助长的精神。

wǒ men yào xué xí zhè zhǒng bá miáo zhù zhǎng de jīng shén.

We need to learn this impatient spirit of ruining things.

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