Read Edit View history 缘木求鱼 yuánmùqiúyú futile effort Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents created sense approved 缘木求鱼/緣木求魚 · yuánmùqiúyú · futile effort 2026/03/04 缘木求鱼 / 緣木求魚 yuánmùqiúyú futile effort lit. climb a tree to catch a fish; fig. to attempt the impossible 你想在没有基础的情况下速成这门技术，简直是缘木求鱼。 verb created sense Mar 4, 2026, 02:25 AM