木に縁りて魚を求む
きによりてうおをもとむkiniyoriteuoomotomu
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
きによりてうおをもとむkiniyoriteuoomotomu
expression
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