Learn Chinese with @cn-reader: Idiom 揠苗助长

in #cn-reader6 years ago

Idiom: 揠苗助长(yà miáo zhù zhǎng)

It literally means pulling a sprout in order to help it grow. Usually it describes the act of rushing towards the quick results without natural process.

Followed is a story which might help you understand it.

Tom is 7 years old. He bears all the expectation of his parents. His parents are so envy that nearly all classmates of Tom have been learning calligraphy, painting, piano and so on, which they believe will surely bring Tom the advantages in the future. They enrolled Tom into many classes as well. The classes occupy all the weekend of Tom and make him stay up really late every night. Although to Tom, these classes seem to be suffering, his parents believe them to be the pavement leading to his bright future.

In less than 6 months, finally Tom was ill, because of fatigue. “The classes are too much for such a little kid. This is Ya Miao Zhu Zhang” Said the doctor.

He also said to the parents, Tom could join a few classes in his spare time, out of his own interests instead of being your expectation of being as good as others, which is too much a burden for him. Kids are like sprouts. They shall grow in a natural pattern. Any one who wants to pull them to force them to grow fast, will undoubtedly cause damage to their roots.

成语:揠苗助长(yà miáo zhù zhǎng)

解释:意思是做事情急于求成,用了不当的方法,反而起到了反作用。

汤姆是个七岁的小朋友,他的父母很爱他,希望他能做一个最优秀的孩子。

汤姆的父母文化程度不高,所以把一切的希望都寄托在了小汤姆身上。开家长会的时候,汤姆的父母见到汤姆的同班同学,有的同学会书法,有的同学在学习国画,有的同学在学习钢琴,还有的同学在学习跆拳道。

汤姆的父母羡慕极了,也希望小汤姆十八般武艺,样样精通。于是,也给汤姆报名了七八个补习班。

小汤姆真可怜,本应该是无忧无虑的童年,却不得不去学习各种技艺,不但没有周末的休息,连每天晚上,都得熬到十一二点才能休息。

汤姆的父母望子成龙,希望汤姆小的时候吃苦,长大了才能过上好日子。

哪知道不到半年的时间,汤姆竟然病倒了,医生诊断,说汤姆是劳累过度,这么小的孩子,每天承受那么大的压力,做父母的行为其实是在揠苗助长。

最后,医生劝解汤姆的父母,补习班可以报一两个陶冶情操,但单纯为了攀比而给孩子施加了巨大的压力,还把孩子累病了,真是可笑的行为。孩子的成长就像小禾苗一样,应该顺其自然,而不能为了比别人长得快而去拔起,而伤害了他的根基。

Author: @linda65
Translator: @Veronicazhu


All things have their own laws of development. Take your time, as haste does not bring success.

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