拔苗助长 bámiáozhùzhǎng
Spoil or damage by being too helpful
What 拔苗助长 means
- Spoil or damage by being too helpful
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拔苗助长 in a sentence
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What does 拔苗助长 mean in English?
拔苗助长 is pronounced bámiáozhùzhǎng and means Spoil or damage by being too helpful.
How do you pronounce 拔苗助长?
拔苗助长 is bámiáozhùzhǎng in pinyin — written bamiaozhuzhang without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 拔苗助长?
拔苗助长 is written with 4 characters: 拔 (bá) Pull out (select - raise), 苗 (miáo) Seedling (young - descendant), 助 (zhù) Help (assist), 长 (cháng / zhǎng) Long (length); Older (chief). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
How is 拔苗助长 written in traditional Chinese?
拔苗助長. The simplified form 拔苗助长 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 拔苗助長 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced bámiáozhùzhǎng.
Is 拔苗助长 an HSK word?
Yes — 拔苗助长 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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