To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow[词典] try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward -- spoil things by excessive enthusiasm (descriptive of a person, impatient fo...; pull up a seedling in the mistaken hope of helping it to grow; pull up corn by the roots in the hope of making it grow faster; pull up seedlings to help them grow; [例句]用这种方法教育下一代无异于拔苗助长。To educate the young generation in such a way is just like making the rice shoots grow by pulling them up.
