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Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people's daily life. 1 these proverbs
there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb,"plucking up a crop 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 3 rice
crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about 4 day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than
he expected.
One day, he came up with an idea 5 he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next
day.
He was very tired 6 doing this for a whole day, 7 he felt very happy since the crop did "grow" 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 9 (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an
event develop often 10 (result) in the contrary to our intention.
