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Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life.   小题1: these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop   小题2: (help) it grow”, is based on the following story.
It is said that a short—tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help   小题3:rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about   小题4: day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected.
One day, he came up with an idea   小题5:  he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day.
He was very tired   小题6:  doing this for a whole day,   小题7:  he felt very happy since the crop did “grow” 小题8: (high).
His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.
This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their   小题9: (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often   小题10: (result) in the contrary to our intention.