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jmdict 2103100 Active (id: 1999316)
<entry>
<ent_seq>2103100</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>木に縁りて魚を求む</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>きによりてうおをもとむ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<misc>&id;</misc>
<s_inf>from Mencius</s_inf>
<gloss>to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method</gloss>
<gloss>to ask for the impossible</gloss>
<gloss g_type="lit">to look for fish by climbing a tree</gloss>
</sense>
</entry>



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