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猿猴捉月

えんこうそくげつenkousokugetsu

noun

  1. trying to reach above one's station and failing
  2. trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing
  3. monkey catching (a reflection of) the moon (in the water)

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