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刻舟求剑

Word

to keep using old ways when things have already changed

Traditional
刻舟求劍

kè zhōu qiú jiàn

ke4zhou1qiu2jian4HSK 7–9

Meaning

  1. to keep using old ways when things have already changed
  2. to do something in a way that no longer works

Examples

  • 事情变了，这样做是刻舟求剑。

    shì qing biàn le, zhè yàng zuò shì kè zhōu qiú jiàn

    Things have changed, so doing it this way makes no sense now.

    AI-generated sentence

  • 老办法不行了，别刻舟求剑。

    lǎo bàn fǎ bù xíng le, bié kè zhōu qiú jiàn

    The old way doesn't work now, so don't keep using it.

    AI-generated sentence

Characters in 刻舟求剑

刻kè舟zhōu求qiú剑jiàn
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