HSK 6 vocabulary › 拔苗助长
拔苗助长
拔苗助长 in English: to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
bá miáo zhù zhǎng
to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
How to pronounce 拔苗助长
bá miáo zhù zhǎng (without tone marks: ba miao zhu zhang). bá is a second (rising) tone; miáo is a second (rising) tone; zhù is a fourth (sharply falling) tone; zhǎng is a third (low, dipping) tone.
Characters in 拔苗助长
拔 bá
to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction
to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction
苗 miáo
sprout
sprout
助 zhù
to help; to assist
to help; to assist
长 zhǎng
long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte
long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte
Related words
| 帮助 | bāng zhù | assistance; aid | HSK 2 |
| 长 | zhǎng | to grow; to develop | HSK 3 |
| 校长 | xiào zhǎng | president; headmaster | HSK 3 |
| 长城 | cháng chéng | the Great Wall | HSK 4 |
| 长江 | cháng jiāng | Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang | HSK 4 |
| 苗条 | miáo tiao | slim; slender | HSK 5 |
| 长途 | cháng tú | long distance | HSK 5 |
| 成长 | chéng zhǎng | to mature; to grow | HSK 5 |
| 生长 | shēng zhǎng | to grow; to grow up | HSK 5 |
| 延长 | yán cháng | to prolong; to extend | HSK 5 |