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木
き
に
縁
よ
りて
魚
うお
を
求
もと
む
Meanings
Expression
Idiomatic
1. to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible;
(lit.)
to look for fish by climbing a tree
from Mencius
Kanji used
木
tree
縁
connected by fate
魚
fish
求
seek
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