揠苗助长

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 揠苗助长 – see 揠苗助長 (“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”). (This term, 揠苗助长, is the simplified form of 揠苗助長.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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