拔苗助长

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 拔苗助长 – see 拔苗助長 (“to try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward; 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”). (This term is the simplified form of 拔苗助長).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.