Chinese idiom

 

Pulling up seedlings to help them grow

拔苗助长

(bá miáo zhù zhǎng)

 

A: What’s your child doing this summer?

你家孩子暑假干什么呢？

(nǐjiā háizi shǔjià gàn shénme ne?)

 

B: Taking physics and chemistry preview classes.

上物理,化学预习班。

(shàng wùlǐ, huàxué yùxíbān.)

 

A: He is just in fourthe grade!

他才读四年级啊。

(tā cáidú sìniánjí a.)

 

B: These will make him excellent.

这样才能更优秀。

(zhèyàng cáinéng gèngyōuxiù.)

 

A: You are pulling up seedlings to help them grow!

你这是拔苗助长啊！

(nǐ zhèshì bá miáo zhù zhng a!)