揠苗助长 (揠苗助長)
yà miáo zhù zhǎng
Pinyin

Definition

揠苗助长 (揠苗助長)
 - 
yà miáo zhù zhǎng
  1. see 拔苗助長|拔苗助长[bá miáo zhù zhǎng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

助
zhù
  1. 1 to help
  2. 2 to assist
帮助
bāng zhù
  1. 1 assistance
  2. 2 aid
  3. 3 to help
  4. 4 to assist
援助
yuán zhù
  1. 1 to help
  2. 2 to support
  3. 3 to aid
  4. 4 aid
  5. 5 assistance
互助
Hù zhù
  1. 1 Huzhu Tuzu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[Hǎi dōng dì qū], Qinghai
借助
jiè zhù
  1. 1 to draw support from
  2. 2 with the help of

Idioms (12)

互别苗头
hù bié miáo tou
  1. 1 to compete with (idiom) (Tw)
  2. 2 to pit oneself against
助一臂之力
zhù yī bì zhī lì
  1. 1 to lend a helping hand (idiom)
助人为乐
zhù rén wéi lè
  1. 1 pleasure from helping others (idiom)
助纣为虐
zhù Zhòu wéi nu:è
  1. 1 lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[Shāng Zhòu wáng] in his oppression (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take the side of the evildoer
  3. 3 giving succor to the enemy
失道寡助
shī dào guǎ zhù
  1. 1 an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2 cf 得道多助[dé dào duō zhù] a just cause attracts much support

Sample Sentences

没错，孩子也需要休息。特别是年纪小小就得学习那么多那么久，真是揠苗助长啊！
méicuò ，háizi yě xūyào xiūxi 。tèbié shì niánjì xiǎo xiǎo jiù děi xuéxí nàme duō nàme jiǔ ，zhēn shì yàmiáozhùzhǎng ā ！
That's right, children need to rest too. Particularly when the really young have to study for so long, it really is spoiling things through excessive enthusiasm!
Go to Lesson