猿猴月を取る (えんこーつきをとる) — 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) | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

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

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Component Analysis

猿猴月を取る

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)

えんこうつきをとる

猿

犭

dog, dog radical (no. 94)

袁

十

とお, と, ジュウ

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

𧘇

口

くち, コウ, ク

猴

犭

dog, dog radical (no. 94)

侯

marquis, lord, daimyo

亻

( 人 ) radical number 9

矦

ユ

矢

天

heavens, sky, imperial

あまつ, あめ, テン

大

おお-, おお.きい, ダイ

月

つき, ゲツ, ガツ

取

take, fetch, take up

と.る, と.り, シュ

耳

又

or again, furthermore, on the other hand

また, また-, ユウ

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