缘木求鱼 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 緣木求魚 yuánmùqiúyú ㄩㄢˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄩˊ lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom) fig. to attempt the impossible Character by character 缘(yuán)cause 木(mù)surname Mu 求(qiú)seek 鱼(yú)surname Yu A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0