拔苗助長

Chinese

	pull up; pull out; select pull up; pull out; select; promote	sprout; seedling; descendant sprout; seedling; descendant; symptom of a trend; young; vaccine; Miao tribe	to encourage growth; to foster; to contribute to a development to encourage growth; to foster; to contribute to a development; to drive
trad. (拔苗助長)	拔	苗	助長
simp. (拔苗助长)	拔	苗	助长
Literally: “to try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward”.

Etymology

See 揠苗助長／揠苗助长 (yàmiáozhùzhǎng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bámiáozhùzhǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄓㄨˋ ㄓㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat⁶ miu⁴ zo⁶ zoeng²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poa̍t-biâu-chō͘-tióng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bámiáozhùzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄓㄨˋ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bámiáojhùjhǎng
  - Wade–Giles: pa²-miao²-chu⁴-chang³
  - Yale: bá-myáu-jù-jǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: barmiaujuhjaang
  - Palladius: бамяочжучжан (bamjaočžučžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bámiáorzhùzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊㄦㄓㄨˋ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bámiáorjhùjhǎng
  - Wade–Giles: pa²-miao²-ʼrh-chu⁴-chang³
  - Yale: bá-myáur-jù-jǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: barmiauljuhjaang
  - Palladius: бамяорчжучжан (bamjaorčžučžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä³⁵ mi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat⁶ miu⁴ zo⁶ zoeng²
  - Yale: baht mìuh joh jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁹ miu⁴ dzo⁶ dzoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed⁶ miu⁴ zo⁶ zêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚² miːu̯²¹ t͡sɔː²² t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poa̍t-biâu-chō͘-tióng
  - Tâi-lô: pua̍t-biâu-tsōo-tióng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poadbiauzoxdiorng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /puat̚⁴⁻³² biau²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ⁵³/

Idiom

拔苗助長

(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

Synonyms

揠苗助長／揠苗助长 (yàmiáozhùzhǎng)
(Hokkien) 攑韭菜接麥仔／𫽥韭菜接麦仔

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