Vocabulary
えんこうそくげつ猿猴捉月 えんこうそくげつ猿猴捉月 えんこうそくげつ猿猴捉月

Meaning

trying to reach above one's station and failing trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing and monkey catching (a reflection of) the moon (in the water)

Practice Writing

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Component Analysis

猿猴捉月
trying to reach above one's station and failing, trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing, monkey catching (a reflection of) the moon (in the water)
えんこうそくげつ
猿
monkey
さる, エン
犭
dog, dog radical (no. 94)
袁
long kimono
エン, オン
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
𧘇
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
猴
monkey
さる, コウ
犭
dog, dog radical (no. 94)
侯
marquis, lord, daimyo
コウ
亻
( 人 ) radical number 9
矦
( CDP-8BC7 )
コウ
ユ
Katakana Yu
矢
dart, arrow
や, シ
天
heavens, sky, imperial
あまつ, あめ, テン
大
large, big
おお-, おお.きい, ダイ
捉
catch, capture
とら.える, ソク, サク
扌
( 手 ) hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
足
leg, foot, be sufficient...
あし, た.りる, ソク
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
龰
月
month, moon
つき, ゲツ, ガツ
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