刻舟求剑是个寓言。
Carving the boat for the sword is a fable.
刻舟求剑
lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 刻舟求劍
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刻
舟
求
剑
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做事不能刻舟求剑。
Do not be rigid like the boat-carver.