To educate the young generation in such a way is just like making the rice shoots grow by pulling them up.

用这种方法教育下一代无异于拔苗助长。

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I gradually learned their methods of caring for the rice shoots.

我逐步学会了他们管理秧苗的方法。

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His son ran out to the fields to have a look, and found that all their rice shoots had died.

农夫的儿子向田里跑去想看个究竟，他发现所有的秧苗都死了。

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Troublesome red rice shoots can appear amid the preferred white rice.

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There would also be a soup, usually made of spinach or watercress or bamboo shoots mixed with dried shrimp, tofu, or egg drops, or even rice crust.

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