<entry id="1982320" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2834369</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>猿猴月を取る</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>えんこうつきをとる</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v5r;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="2834432">猿猴捉月</xref>
<misc>&id;</misc>
<gloss>to try and reach above one's station and fail</gloss>
<gloss>to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail</gloss>
<gloss g_type="lit">a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns)</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2018-01-22 23:54:40" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>daijr nipp</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-01-27 00:33:58" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>G n-grams:
猿猴捉月	208   &lt;- in Daijr
猿猴月を取る	37
猿猴が月	27  &lt;- in GG5
猿猴捉月図	121</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="2834432"&gt;猿猴捉月&lt;/xref&gt;
@@ -15,0 +17 @@
+&lt;gloss g_type="lit"&gt;monkey trying to catch the moon (and drowning)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-06-15 01:26:06" stat="A">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>present tense for pos/gloss agreement</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -17 +17 @@
-&lt;gloss g_type="lit"&gt;monkey trying to catch the moon (and drowning)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss g_type="lit"&gt;a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>