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jmdict 2103100 Active (id: 1999316) 
2103100 jmdict A [id=1999316]
木に縁りて魚を求む
きによりてうおをもとむ
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  [note="from Mencius"]
  to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; 
  [lit] to look for fish by climbing a tree


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