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拔苗助长 · ba miao zhu zhangto spoil growth by forcing it too fastShorten the English ideato spoilTry plain pinyinto spoilBrowse a themeeffort
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拔苗助长to spoil growth by forcing it too fastbá miáo zhù zhǎng · negative · critical and cautionaryOpen entry
拔苗助长bá miáo zhù zhǎngto spoil growth by forcing it too fastpull up seedlings to help them growIntermediatecritical and cautionary

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Chengyu for Learning Chinese

Idioms that help learners talk about practice, mistakes, correction, and steady improvement.

Chengyu About Effort and Discipline

Positive and cautionary idioms for practice, persistence, over-pressure, and commitment.

Cautionary Chengyu

Story-driven warnings about passivity, rigidity, overdoing, wrong direction, and premature judgment.

Strategy Chengyu

Idioms for plans, direction, commitment, preparation, and decisions under pressure.

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Chengyu About Perspective and Wisdom

Idioms that help explain uncertainty, narrow perspective, and the need to see the larger pattern.