try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward(yà miáo zhù zhǎng)

try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y à mi á ozh à ng, which means to pull up a seedling and help it grow. Metaphor goes against the law of the development of things, eager for success, and finally backfires. From Mencius Gongsun Chou Shang.

Idioms and allusions

original text

In the Song Dynasty, there was a man named min Qimiao who was short-lived and had a long history. He came back and said, "I'm sick today! Help the seedlings grow His son tends to look at it, and the Miao is withered.

There are few people in the world who can't help the seedlings grow. Those who think it is useless to give up, do not cultivate the seedlings; those who help the elderly, do not cultivate the seedlings. It is not only useless but also harmful. (from Mencius Gongsun Chou Shang)

translation

There was a man from the state of song who was looking forward to the height of the seedlings, so he went to the fields to raise them one by one. After a day, he was very tired but very satisfied. When he came home, he said to his family, "I'm exhausted. I've helped the seedlings grow." When his son heard about it, he rushed to the field to see the seedlings, but they all withered.

(people in the Song Dynasty look regretful when they know about it)

There are few people who don't want their seedlings to grow faster! People who think it's useless for them to grow up and give up are like lazy people who don't hoe for them. People who help it grow in vain, just like those who help it grow, not only do no good, but harm it.

explain

① There was a man in the state of song who was worried that his seedlings would not grow and went to raise them. Song, the name of the country, is in the area of Shangqiu County, Henan Province; min, with "compassion", worry, worry; he, pull

② I'm at a loss. I came home tired. Mang ran, tired look; return: go home

③ His family.

④ I'm very tired.

⑤ His son ran to see the seedlings. It is the pronoun of "he Miao".

⑥ But the seedlings died. Then, but; haggard, haggard, dead.

⑦ That is to say, people all over the world want their seedlings to grow faster, and there are few people who don't want to help them grow.

⑧ People who think it's not good to help the seedlings grow and leave them alone. Think, don't think good; give up, leave.

⑨ Those who don't hoe. Plough, hoe.

⑩ Not only is it not beneficial, but it harms the seedlings. Not only, not only; it, pronoun, it, on behalf of the seedlings.

Idiom story

In ancient times, there was a man who wanted the seedlings in his field to grow faster and went to the side of the field to see them every day. However, one day, two days, three days, the seedlings did not seem to grow high at all. He anxiously walked around the field and said to himself, "I have to find a way to help them grow." One day, he finally thought of a way, and rushed to the field to pull up the seedlings one by one. I was very busy from noon to sunset, and I was exhausted. When he got home, he gasped for breath and said to his son, "I'm exhausted. My strength is not in vain. I've grown a lot of seedlings." His son didn't understand what was going on. He ran to the field and found that the seedlings were dead.

Idiom usage

It can be used as subject, predicate or attribute, with derogatory meaning

Examples

1. To encourage the young, to work hard, to get nothing. (on Ziwei zashuo by Lu benzhong in Song Dynasty)

2. The education of encouraging young people is a kind of destruction to students' personality.

Analysis of Idioms

[phonetic materials] y à mi á ozh à ng

Serial type

A derogatory term

Eager for success

A synonym for pulling up seedlings to encourage growth

Antonym: let it be, step by step, and let it go

The answer to the riddle: greedy and happy

Chinese PinYin : yà miáo zhù zhǎng