N1Noun
猿猴捉月
えんこうそくげつ
Meaning
- 1.trying to reach above one's station and failing
- 2.trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing
- 3.monkey catching (a reflection of) the moon (in the water)
Meanings across languages
- English
- 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)
- Tiếng Việt
- cố gắng vượt quá khả năng, thất bại trong việc cố gắng vươn đến cái gì đó
- 日本語
- 自分の器を超えたことを試みて失敗する, 能力を超えたことをしようとして失敗する, 猿が水面に映った月を捕まえようとする
- 한국어
- 분수를 넘어 도전하고 실패하다, 능력 이상의 목표를 시도하다 실패하다, 원숭이가 물 속의 달을 잡으려고 애쓰는 것
- 中文
- 试图越过自我定位但失败, 试图实现超出自己能力之事终究失败, 猴子去抓水里的月亮
- Bahasa Indonesia
- gagal mencapai
- ภาษาไทย
- พยายามล้มเหลว
- Español
- esfuerzo fallido
- Français
- échec d'un effort
- Deutsch
- Scheitern beim Streben
- Português
- falhar em alcançar
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