[ kèzhōuqiújiàn ] carve on gunwale of a moving boat,marking where a sword was dropped -- foolish undertaking; carve a mark on gunwale in moving boat where a sword was lost -- ridiculous stupidity; cut a mark on the side of one's boat to indicate the place where one's sword has dropped into the river; mark the boat to locate the sword; nick the boat to seek the sword -- to take measures without regard to changes in circumstances; seek a sword from a notch on a boat
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This idiom satirizes those who stick to rigid rules instead of taking changed circumstances into account “刻舟求剑”这个成语讽刺那些办事迂腐，不知道变通情况的人。
