木に縁って魚を求む

きによってうおをもとむkiniyotteuoomotomu

expression

  1. to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method
  2. to ask for the impossible
  3. to look for fish by climbing a tree

Kanji in this word

Study it in Yanamino

Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences