拔苗助長 [－－－长]

Jyutping bat6 miu4 zo6 zoeng2
Pinyin bá miáo zhù zhǎng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    為求​速成​而​唔​循序​漸進​，​結果​不但​冇​益​，​反而​有害​，​就​好似​掹​高​啲​初​種​嘅​幼苗​，​反而​會令​到​幼苗​枯死
    to do harm to a thing by being radical; literally: to try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward
  2. 近義詞
    揠苗助長
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, figuratively, idiomatic
    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
    (syn.) 揠苗助长, 揠苗助長
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    拔苗助长
    拔苗助長
    bat6 miu4 zo6 zoeng2
    • literally: to try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward