木に縁って魚を求む
きによってうおをもとむ
- to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree exp id
Kanji
木
ボク • モク
き • こ-
tree; wood
縁
エン • -ネン
ふち • ふち.どる • ゆかり • よすが • へり • えにし
affinity; relation; connection; edge; border; verge; brink
魚
ギョ
うお • さかな • -ざかな
fish
求
キュウ • グ
もと.める
request; want; wish for; require; demand
Synonyms
木に縁りて魚を求む
きによりてうおをもとむ
- to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree exp id