拔苗助长
Pulling Seedlings to Help Them Grow
Level 5 · Idiom Stories · 成语故事 · 49 vocabulary words
Source: 《孟子·公孙丑上》 · Mencius, Gongsun Chou I
宋国有个农夫,嫌田里的禾苗长得慢。
A farmer of Song thought his seedlings grew too slowly.
他想了一个办法,把每棵苗都往上拔高一点。
He pulled each one up a little higher.
他忙了一天,累得不行,回家说:今天我可帮苗长高了。
After a long day's work he said at home: today I helped the seedlings grow.
他的儿子跑到田里一看,所有的苗都死了。
His son ran to the field, every seedling was dead.
想快一点,反而把事情做坏了。
Trying to hurry things only ruined them.