Definition of 木に縁って魚を求む (きによってうおをもとむ)

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木に縁って魚を求む

きによってうおをもとむ

kiniyotteuowomotomu

expression
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(idiom )(from Mencius)
Related Kanji
tree, wood
affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink
fish
request, want, wish for, require, demand