拔苗助長
Chinese
editpull up; pull out; select pull up; pull out; select; promote |
sprout; seedling; descendant sprout; seedling; descendant; symptom of a trend; young; vaccine; Miao tribe |
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trad. (拔苗助長) | 拔 | 苗 | 助長 | |
simp. (拔苗助长) | 拔 | 苗 | 助长 | |
Literally: “to try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward”. |
Etymology
editSee 揠苗助長/揠苗助长 (yàmiáozhùzhǎng).
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bat6 miu4 zo6 zoeng2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poa̍t-biâu-chō͘-tióng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄓㄨˋ ㄓㄤˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bámiáojhùjhǎng
- Wade–Giles: pa2-miao2-chu4-chang3
- Yale: bá-myáu-jù-jǎng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: barmiaujuhjaang
- Palladius: бамяочжучжан (bamjaočžučžan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pä³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊㄦ ㄓㄨˋ ㄓㄤˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bámiáorjhùjhǎng
- Wade–Giles: pa2-miao2-ʼrh-chu4-chang3
- Yale: bá-myáur-jù-jǎng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: barmiauljuhjaang
- Palladius: бамяорчжучжан (bamjaorčžučžan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pä³⁵ mi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat6 miu4 zo6 zoeng2
- Yale: baht mìuh joh jéung
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat9 miu4 dzo6 dzoeng2
- Guangdong Romanization: bed6 miu4 zo6 zêng2
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚² miːu̯²¹ t͡sɔː²² t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poa̍t-biâu-chō͘-tióng
- Tâi-lô: pua̍t-biâu-tsōo-tióng
- Phofsit Daibuun: poadbiauzoxdiorng
- IPA (Xiamen): /puat̚⁴⁻³² biau²⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Idiom
edit拔苗助長
- (figurative) to be hasty and use inappropriate methods in order to achieve a goal quickly, but by doing so ruin things instead and fail in the end
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