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    3. 猿猴月を取る

    猿猴月を取る

    猿えん猴こう月つきを​取とる​

    to try and reach above one's station and fail

    NTVerbLiteratureKanji Vocab41 strokes

    えんこうつきをとる

    Verb

    1.
    to try and reach above one's station and fail, to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail, a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns)
    idiomatic expression

    Stroke 0 / 41

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    猿
    さる…(5)
    monkey
    Kanji
    猴
    さる…(1)
    monkey
    Kanji
    月
    つき…(7)
    month・moon
    Kanji
    取
    と.る・と.り・と.り-・とり・-ど.り…(2)
    take・fetch・take up
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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