Entry
刻舟求劍
Source
CEDict 100318
Characters
刻 舟 求 劍
Miscellaneous
Traditional
刻舟求劍
Simplified
刻舟求剑
Pinyin
ke4 zhou1 qiu2 jian4
English
lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
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