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jmdict 2103100 Active (id: 1999316)
木に縁りて魚を求む
【 きによりてうおをもとむ 】
1. [exp] [id]
《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
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2017610 木に縁って魚を求む【きによってうおをもとむ】 1. to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree



History:
12. A 2019-03-05 18:49:00  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Actually id rather than proverb I think, mea culpa.
  Diff: 
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<misc>&proverb;</misc>
+<misc>&id;</misc>
11. A 2014-12-09 02:54:52  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
10. A* 2014-12-03 04:02:03  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
etymology → [note]
wanted the name of the book but couldn't find an English 
title for 梁恵王上 (or even much info on it at all)
  Diff: 
@@ -12 +12,2 @@
-<misc>&id;</misc>
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
+<s_inf>from Mencius</s_inf>
@@ -15 +16 @@
-<gloss g_type="lit">to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius)</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">to look for fish by climbing a tree</gloss>
9. A 2010-11-06 01:25:58  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
"id", so removing POS.
  Diff: 
@@ -12,1 +12,0 @@
-<pos>&v5m;</pos>
8. A 2010-11-06 00:04:36  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Added additional PoS via batch update.Added additional PoS via batch update.
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff: 
@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+<pos>&v5m;</pos>
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jmdict 2103100 Rejected (id: 1044409)
木に縁りて魚を求む
【 きによりてうおをもとむ 】
1. [exp] [id]
▶ 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

History:
6. R 2010-09-20 06:13:58  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
oops.  added that to the wrong branch
5. A* 2010-09-20 05:26:24  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
4. A 2010-09-20 03:34:17  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Should Mencius be mentioned?
3. A* 2010-09-19 18:50:31  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
koj, daijr, daijs, meikyo have it this way
  Comments: 
meikyo is the only one with the original definition
  Diff: 
@@ -5,4 +5,1 @@
-<keb>木によって魚を求む</keb>
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>木に縁って魚を求む</keb>
+<keb>木に縁りて魚を求む</keb>
@@ -11,4 +8,1 @@
-<reb>きによってうおをもとむ</reb>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>きによってさかなをもとむ</reb>
+<reb>きによりてうおをもとむ</reb>
@@ -18,1 +12,1 @@
-<misc>&obs;</misc>
+<gloss>to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method</gloss>
@@ -20,0 +14,1 @@
+<gloss g_type="lit">to look for fish by climbing a tree</gloss>
2. A* 2010-09-19 17:13:02  Scott
  Comments: 
merge with  2017610 
dont's know about the correct reading
  Diff: 
@@ -7,0 +7,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>木に縁って魚を求む</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -9,0 +12,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>きによってさかなをもとむ</reb>
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