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缘木求鱼

yuán mù qiú yú

4-character word Traditional 緣木求魚

What 缘木求鱼 means

1. lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible

The characters in 缘木求鱼

• 缘yuáncause; reason; karma
• 木mù(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
• 求qiúto seek; to look for; to request
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼

Words containing 缘木求鱼

• 守株待兔，缘木求鱼shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yúto guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom)…