缘木求鱼 (緣木求魚) yuán mù qiú yú
yuán mù qiú yú
set phrase
climbing a tree to catch a fish
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: Trying to do the impossible (CC-CEDICT '緣木求魚'; Guoyu '緣木求魚')
Contained in
- 守株待兔，缘木求鱼(守株待兔，緣木求魚) to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish
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- 《梁惠王章句上》 Commentary on Liang Hui Wang I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 2
- 梁惠王上 King Hui of Liang I Mencius 孟子 — count: 1
- 卷二十五 魏書二十五 辛毗楊阜高堂隆傳 Volume 25: Book of Wei 25 - Biographies of Xin Pi, Yang Fu, and Gaotang Long Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1
- 卷七十二 列傳第三十二 文九王 Volume 72 Biographies 32: Wen Jiuwang Book of Song 宋書 — count: 1
- 卷六十一 左周黃列傳 Volume 61: Biographies of Zuo, Zhou, Huang Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
- 卷十一 劉玄劉盆子列傳 Volume 11: Biographies of Liu Xuan; Liu Penzi Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1