汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 刻舟求剑
刻舟求剑 (刻舟求劍)
lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
Metaphorically do not understand that things have evolved and changed and still look at the problem statically
比喻不懂事物已发展变化而仍静止地看问题。
zhōu qiú () jiàn
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