揠苗助长
把禾苗一棵棵拔高,想让它们快点长大。比喻违反规律,急于求成,反而把事情弄坏。
Pulling up the seedlings to help them grow — forcing things along against their nature only ruins what you were trying to help.
古时候,宋国有一个农夫,在田里种了许多禾苗。他每天都去田里看,可是禾苗长得很慢,他心里非常着急。
有一天,他突然想出了一个“好办法”。他跑到田里,把禾苗一棵一棵地往上拔,让它们看起来都长高了一大截。从早忙到晚,累得腰酸背痛,他心里却很得意。
回到家,他对儿子说:“今天可把我累坏了,不过我帮禾苗长高了!”儿子听了,觉得奇怪,赶紧跑到田里去看。可是田里的禾苗全都枯死了。
“揠苗助长”就是从这个故事来的。它告诉我们:做事要按照规律来,不能太着急,否则不但没有帮助,还会把事情弄坏。
Long ago in the state of Song, there was a farmer who planted a field of rice seedlings. Every day he went out to look, but the little plants grew so slowly that he became very impatient.
One day he thought of a “clever idea.” He went into the field and pulled each seedling upward, just a little, so they all looked taller. He worked from morning until night, aching all over, but feeling very pleased with himself.
Back home, he told his son, “I'm exhausted today — but I helped the seedlings grow!” The son thought this was strange and hurried out to check. Every single seedling in the field had withered and died.
From this story comes “pulling up seedlings to help them grow.” It reminds us that rushing against nature does not help — it only ruins what you were trying to save.
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