▸ 从前cóng qián有yǒu个gè农民nóng mín。

Once upon a time, there was a farmer.

▸ 他tā每天měi tiān都dōu很hěn着急zháo jí。

He was very anxious every day.

▸ 他tā希望xī wàng田里tián lǐ的de秧苗yāng miáo快点kuài diǎn长高zhǎng gāo。

He hoped that the seedlings in the field would grow taller quickly.

▸ 一天yī tiān，他tā想到xiǎng dào了le一个yī gè办法bàn fǎ。

One day, he came up with an idea.

▸ 他tā把bǎ每měi棵kē秧苗yāng miáo都dōu往wǎng上shàng拔高bá gāo一点yī diǎn。

He pulled each seedling up a little.

▸ 第二天dì èr tiān，他tā发现fā xiàn所有suǒ yǒu的de秧苗yāng miáo都dōu枯死kū sǐ了le。

The next day, he discovered that all the seedlings had withered and died.

▸ 因为yīn wèi他tā拔苗助长bá miáo zhù zhǎng的de行为xíng wéi害hài了le它们tā men。

Because his act of pulling up the seedlings to help them grow harmed them.

▸ 农民nóng mín的de儿子ér zi看到kàn dào后hòu很hěn难过nán guò。

The farmer's son felt very sad when he saw this.

▸ 他tā告诉gào sù父亲fù qīn植物zhí wù需要xū yào时间shí jiān才能cái néng长大zhǎng dà。

He told his father that plants need time to grow.

▸ 农民nóng mín终于zhōng yú明白míng bái。

The farmer finally understood.

▸ 做事zuò shì不能bù néng太tài着急zháo jí。

One should not be too impatient.

▸ 要yào尊重zūn zhòng自然zì rán的de规律guī lǜ。

One must respect the laws of nature.

▸ 从那以后cóng nà yǐ hòu，他tā耐心地nài xīn de照顾zhào gù庄稼zhuāng jia。

From then on, he patiently tended to his crops.

▸ 秋天qiū tiān果然guǒ rán收获shōu huò了le满满mǎn mǎn的de粮食liáng shí。

In autumn, he indeed harvested a bountiful crop.

▸ “拔苗助长bá miáo zhù zhǎng”字面zì miàn意思yì si是shì把bǎ苗miáo拔高bá gāo。

Literally, '拔苗助长' means pulling the seedlings up.

▸ 帮助bāng zhù它tā生长shēng zhǎng。

It means to help them grow.

▸ 这个zhè ge成语chéng yǔ来自lái zì一个yī gè古代gǔ dài的de故事gù shi。

This idiom comes from an ancient story.

▸ 故事gù shi讲jiǎng的de是shì一个yī gè农民nóng mín心急xīn jí，反而fǎn ér毁huǐ了le庄稼zhuāng jia。

The story tells of a farmer whose impatience instead destroyed his crops.

▸ 现在xiàn zài用来yòng lái形容xíng róng急于求成jí yú qiú chéng。

Nowadays it is used to describe eagerness for quick success.

▸ 用yòng错误cuò wù的de方法fāng fǎ反而fǎn ér把bǎ事情shì qíng弄坏nòng huài了le。

Using the wrong methods backfires and spoils things.

▸ 老师lǎo shī告诉gào sù家长jiā zhǎng，给gěi孩子hái zi报bào太多tài duō补习班bǔ xí bān是shì“拔苗助长bá miáo zhù zhǎng”。

The teacher told the parents that signing their children up for too many tutoring classes is '拔苗助长'.

▸ 应该yīng gāi让ràng他们tā men快乐kuài lè学习xué xí。

They should let them learn happily.

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