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')

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守株待兔,缘木求鱼

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  • Scroll 43 Zong Jing Lu 宗鏡錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Zong Jing Lu 宗鏡錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 2 Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄 — count: 1