Vocabulary
えんこうつきをとる猿猴月を取る えんこうつきをとる猿猴月を取る えんこうつきをとる猿猴月を取る

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)

Practice Writing

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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
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
月
month, moon
つき, ゲツ, ガツ
取
take, fetch, take up
と.る, と.り, シュ
耳
ear
みみ, ジ
又
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また, また-, ユウ
書

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