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拔苗助長

简拔苗助长 · 繁拔苗助長

Mandarin · pinyin bá miáo zhù zhǎng

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2–2–4–3 · ba2 miao2 zhu4 zhang3

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bat6 miu4 zo6 zoeng2

Cantonese word readings for 拔苗助長. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

bat6 miu4 zo6 zoeng2

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(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