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拔苗助長 (bat6 miu4 zo6 zoeng2) — spoil things by excessive enthusiasm in Cantonese

batˍ₆拔miuˎ₄苗zoˍ₆助zoengˊ²長
简 拔苗助长
Mandarin Pinyin: ba2 miao2 zhu4 zhang3

Meaning of 拔苗助長

nounspoil things by excessive enthusiasm

Characters in 拔苗助長

拔bat6
capture; seize; root out
苗miu4
Miao ethnic group
助zo6
help; aid; assist; help; assistance
長coeng4
(of distance and time) long | [antonym] 短

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