EntL2017610X 木に縁って魚を求む [きによってうおをもとむ] /(exp) (id) (variant of 木に縁りて...) (See 木に縁りて魚を求む・きによりてうおをもとむ) 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 (Mencius)/EntL2017610X/ |