The next he day returned confident he would see some improvement. But he was amazed to find that all the stalks had withered. The saying "to pull seedlings to help them grow" means to work hard in a self-defeating effort. The point being that we must proceed step-by-step in all things, and never rush, for if we do, we may negate all our previous efforts.
這句成語就是告訴我們，做事必須腳踏實地、一步步去做，妄想使個巧計而一步登天的，到頭來不但不可能有預期的效果，反而會誤了全盤大事。