# 拔苗助长 (bámiáozhùzhǎng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 拔苗助长 (bámiáozhùzhǎng) means “to spoil by excessive haste”. It was previously included at level 6 of the HSK 2.0 exam.

- Meaning: to spoil by excessive haste
- Pinyin: bámiáozhùzhǎng (ba2 miao2 zhu4 zhang3)
- Traditional: 拔苗助長
- Not in HSK 3.0
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 教育孩子要有耐心，不能拔苗助长。
  Jiàoyù háizi yào yǒu nàixīn, bù néng bámiáozhùzhǎng.
  Educating children requires patience; we must not spoil things by excessive haste.

## Characters

- [拔](https://hanziro.com/word/ba-pull-out/) (bá): to pull out; to pull up
- [苗](https://hanziro.com/word/miao-seedling/) (miáo): seedling; young plant
- 助 (zhù): to help; to assist
- [长](https://hanziro.com/word/chang-long/) (cháng): long

https://hanziro.com/word/ba-miao-zhu-zhang-spoil-by-excessive/

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