Results, 猿猴捉月

猿猴捉月【えんこうそくげつenkousokugetsu】

noun:

  • trying to reach above one's station and failing; trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing; monkey trying to catch the moon (and drowning) [literal] - four character idiom

Kanji definition:

猿
常用中学校JLPTN1

エンEN・さるsaru

monkey

➜
猨
Strokes:
13
Radical:
犬犭 dog
SKIP:
1-3-10
UTF:
733f
JIS208:
17-78
Nanori:
さsa・さわsawa・ざるzaru・ましmashi
Hangul:
원 [weon]
Pinyin:
yuán
Stroke order:
Example words:
犬猿の仲【けんえんのなかken'ennonaka】
loggerheads; like cats and dogs; relationship of dogs and monkeys
類人猿【るいじんえんruijin'en】
anthropoid ape; anthropoid; ape
猿人【えんじんenjin】
ape man
猿臂打ち【えんぴうちenpiuchi】
elbow strike (karate)
猿轡【さるぐつわsarugutsuwa】
(mouth) gag
猴

コウKOU・さるsaru

monkey

Strokes:
12
Radical:
犬犭 dog
SKIP:
1-3-9
UTF:
7334
JIS208:
64-45
Hangul:
후 [hu]
Pinyin:
hóu
Stroke order:
Example words:
沐猴にして冠す【もっこうにしてかんすmokkounishitekansu】
to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown
沐猴【もっこうmokkou】
monkey
猿猴【えんこうenkou】
monkey (esp. a gibbon); / hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre); / menstrual period; / kappa
猿猴鶏頭【えんこうげいとうenkougeitou】
love-lies-bleeding (amaranthus caudatus); tassel flower; velvet flower; foxtail amaranth
猿猴月を取る【えんこうつきをとるenkoutsukiwotoru】
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)
捉
常用中学校

ソクSOKU・サクSAKU・とらえるtora.eru

catch; capture

➜
捕
Strokes:
10
Radical:
手扌龵 hand
SKIP:
1-3-7
UTF:
6349
JIS208:
34-10
Hangul:
착 [chag]
Pinyin:
zhuō
Stroke order:
Example words:
捉える【とらえるtoraeru】
to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab; to catch hold of; / to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to capture (e.g. features); / to captivate; to move (one's heart)
捉まえる【つかまえるtsukamaeru】
to catch; to arrest; to seize
捉われる【とらわれるtorawareru】
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be arrested; to be apprehended; / to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to; to adhere to; to be swayed by
把捉【はそくhasoku】
grasping (a meaning)
心を捉える【こころをとらえるkokorowotoraeru】
to impress; to charm
月
常用１年JLPTN5

ゲツGETSU・ガツGATSU・つきtsuki

month; moon

Strokes:
4
Radical:
月⺝ moon, month, flesh
SKIP:
4-4-1
UTF:
6708
JIS208:
23-78
Nanori:
おとoto・がっga・すsu・ずきzuki・もりmori
Hangul:
월 [weol]
Pinyin:
yuè
Stroke order:
Example words:
今月【こんげつkongetsu】
this month
四月【しがつshigatsu】
April
六月【ろくがつrokugatsu】
June
八月【はちがつhachigatsu】
August
二月【にがつnigatsu】
February; / second month of the lunar calendar

Kanji

猿

エンEN・さるsaru

monkey

猴

コウKOU・さるsaru

monkey


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