揠苗助长[yà miáo zhù zhǎng]：pull;spoil/shoot/help/grow;to try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward. 宋国 sòng guó：Song state in the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.) in Chinese history. 嫌 xián：to dislike and avoid 庄稼 zhuāng jia：crops 拔高 bá gāo：pull upward 疲乏 pí fá：tired; exhausted 一大截 yī dà jié；a wide margin 枯死 kū sǐ：wither; dry up and die This idiom also known as “拔苗助长[bá miáo zhù zhǎng]“.Literally means to do harm to a thing by being over-enthusiastic about it.