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词汇 缘木求鱼
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缘木求鱼yuán mù qiú yú

climb a tree to catch fish—a fruitless approach; a fool’s errand; do the impossible; do things by the wrong method; fish in the air; futile attempt(s); get blood from a stone(/turnip); get (/squeeze/wring) water from a flint; go to the tropics for the polar bear; seek a hare in a hen’s nest; seek roses in December (/corn in chaff);/~,虽不得鱼,无后灾。(《孟子·梁惠王上》)If you climb a tree to seek for fish,although you do not get the fish,you will not suffer any subsequent calamity.
❍ 以这种错误政策来求集中和统一,真是~,适得其反。(《毛泽东选集》229) To seek centralization and unification by means of this wrong policy is like“climbing a tree to seek fish” and will produce exactly the opposite results.
❍ 你休只管信口开合,絮絮聒聒,俺张孔目怎还肯~,… (《关汉卿戏剧集·包待制智斩鲁斋郎》55) But to speak of these things is as vain as trying to catch fish up a tree.

缘木求鱼yuan mu qiu yu

climb a tree to catch fish a fruitless approach

缘木求鱼

climb a tree to catch fish—resort to a fruitless approach;do the impossible

缘木求鱼yuán mù qiú yú

缘:攀援。爬到树上去找鱼。比喻方向、方法错误,不可能达到预期的目的。a fruitless approach, catch fish in a tree, seek hot water under cold ice, fish in the air

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