<entry id="2092310" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2834432</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>猿猴捉月</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>えんこうそくげつ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<misc>&yoji;</misc>
<gloss>trying to reach above one's station and failing</gloss>
<gloss>trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing</gloss>
<gloss g_type="lit">monkey catching (a reflection of) the moon (in the water)</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2018-01-27 00:33:01" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>Daijr, Koj</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-01-27 18:12:28" stat="A">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-01-27 00:00:47" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>nikk (猿が水に映った月を取ろうとして、枝が折れ、おぼれ死んだという「僧祇律」の故事から)</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -13,3 +13,3 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;trying to reach above one's station and failing&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss g_type="lit"&gt;monkey trying to catch the moon (and drowning)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;trying to reach above one's station and fail&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss g_type="lit"&gt;monkey catching (a reflection of) the moon (in the water)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-01-27 00:13:22" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -13,2 +13,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;trying to reach above one's station and fail&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;trying to reach above one's station and failing&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>