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刻舟求劍 (hak1 zau1 kau4 gim3) — an action made pointless by changed circumstances (lit., "a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard") in Cantonese

hakˉ¹刻zauˉ¹舟kauˎ₄求gim˗₃劍
简 刻舟求剑
Mandarin Pinyin: ke4 zhou1 qiu2 jian4

Meaning of 刻舟求劍

nounan action made pointless by changed circumstances (lit., "a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard")

Characters in 刻舟求劍

刻hak1
describe; depict; portray
舟zau1
boat; ship; vessel
求kau4
demand; require; desire
劍gim3
sword; dagger; saber | [variant]

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