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刻舟求剑

kè zhōu qiú jiàn · ke zhou qiu jian

Traditional 刻舟求劍

HSK 7–9 Idiom guide: what 刻舟求剑 means

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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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