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刻舟求剑
kè zhōu qiú jiàn
What 刻舟求剑 means
- lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
The characters in 刻舟求剑
- 刻kèquarter (hour); moment; to carve
- 舟zhōuboat
- 求qiúto seek; to look for; to request
- 剑jiàndouble-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword
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