◎ 拔苗助长 bámiáo-zhùzhǎng[pull up the rice shoots with the intention of helping them to grow;try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward] 即揠苗助长,嫌禾苗长得慢而用手向上提,以助其生长。比喻不顾事物发展的客观规律,强求速成,反而把事情搞坏 他还是个孩子呀,可别拔苗助长哟!-----------------国语辞典:比喻为求速成而不按事物本有渐进的秩序,结果不但无益,反而有害。参见「揠苗助长」条。
◎ 拔茅连茹 bámáo-liánrú[promote good men who will bring in their associates] 茅,即白茅。拔起茅草,根相牵连。比喻互相引荐,一人提升就连带引进许多人。茹:植物根部互相牵连的样子拔茅茹,以其汇。——《易·泰》。王弼注:“茅之为物,拔其根而相牵引者也。”铲除封建思想的呼声喊得震天价响,然而亲戚故旧还不是拔茅连茹地登庸了么?——茅盾《蚀·幻灭》-----------------国语辞典:茅,茅草。茹,根部相连者。拔茅连茹语本《易经.泰卦.初九》:「拔茅茹,以其汇,征吉。」三国魏.王弼.注:「茅之为物,拔其根而相牵引者也。茹,相牵引之貌也。」比喻贤人相继引进。《幼学琼林.卷二二.花木类》:「国家进多贤,曰拔茅连茹。」《野叟曝言.第八四回》:「如今又是赤瑛、红瑶夫妇,拔茅连茹,接踵而至。」英语 lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others, inextricably tangled together, Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.