bá miáo zhù zhǎng to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)

zhù zhǎng to encourage; to foster; to foment

zhī dào to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1 dao5]

zhè ge this; this one

gù shì old practice

gù shi narrative; story; tale

gào su to tell; to inform; to let know

wǒ men we; us; ourselves; our

zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job

shì qing affair; matter; thing; business

yào want

yāo invite

yī bù one step

lái come

bù néng cannot; must not; should not

xīn jí hurried; ruffled; impatient; short-tempered

cóng qián previously; formerly; once upon a time

yǒu have

nóng fū peasant; farmer

tā he

zǒng shì always

jué de to think; to feel

tián lǐ in the field

de of

dí exact

dì target

hé miáo seedling (of rice or other grain)

tài màn too slow

shén me what?; who?; something; anything

shí hou time; length of time; moment; period

cái talent

gāo tall

ā “Ah”

xiǎng chū to figure out; to work out (a solution etc); to think up; to come up with (an idea etc)

le (particle, completion)

liǎo understand

bàn fǎ means; method; way (of doing sth)

bǎ take

bà handle

měi yī every

yī kē one (tree)

dōu all

dū big city

wǎng shàng upward

huí dào to return to

dào jiā perfect; excellent; brought to the utmost degree

jiā lǐ home

dé yì proud of oneself; pleased with oneself; complacent

de (particle, de)

dì earth

gēn follow

ér zi son

shuō speak

shuì persuade

jīn tiān today; at the present; now

bāng assist

tīng listen

lián máng promptly; at once

pǎo dào run to

qù go

kān look after

kàn see

āi yā interjection of wonder, shock or admiration

bù hǎo no good; not convienence; sick

sǐ death