冒进

冒進

màojìn

verb #43,435

Meanings

HSK 4

做生意不能冒进。

Zuò shēngyi bù néng màojìn.

In business you mustn't rush ahead rashly.

HSK 4

这个计划太冒进了，我们需要更多时间准备。

Zhège jìhuà tài màojìn le, wǒmen xūyào gèng duō shíjiān zhǔnbèi.

This plan is too rash; we need more time to prepare.

usage

The opposite of steady approaches like 稳扎稳打 and 步步为营. In planning and policy talk it is the standard criticism of going faster than conditions allow.

history

In 1956 周恩来 led a push against 冒进 in economic planning, known as 反冒进. 毛泽东 attacked it in early 1958, and the Great Leap Forward followed.

冒 mào

进 jìn