Word Meaning 猿猴が月を取る

えんこうがつきをとる enkou ga tsuki o toru

猿猴が月を取る is read as えんこうがつきをとる (enkou ga tsuki o toru) and means to try and reach above one's station and fail.

Meaning

English

  1. to try and reach above one's station and fail
  2. a monkey catches (a reflection of) the moon (in the water)

Reading

Kana

えんこうがつきをとる

Romaji

enkou ga tsuki o toru

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 46 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Proverb Rank 152350 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

猿猴月を取る

えんこうつきをとる

to try and reach above one's station and fail

猿猴捉月

えんこうそくげつ

trying to reach above one's station and failing

猿猴

えんこう

hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre)

猿猴鶏頭

えんこうげいとう

love-lies-bleeding (amaranthus caudatus)

月給取り

げっきゅうとり

salaried employee

さる

bathhouse prostitute

猿人

えんじん

ape man

猿楽能

さるがくのう

noh

猿年

さるどし

year of the Monkey

猿手

さるで

ape hand (deformity)

猿田彦の命

さるたひこのみこと

Saruta Hiko no Mikoto (Shintō god)