契舟求剑
qì​zhōu​qiú​jiàn

to act with stubbornness

  • created reference approved 契舟求剑/契舟求劍 → 刻舟求剑/刻舟求劍 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    契舟求剑 / 契舟求劍 qì​zhōu​qiú​jiàn

    刻舟求剑 / 刻舟求劍 kè​zhōu​qiú​jiàn

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 契舟求剑/契舟求劍 · qì​zhōu​qiú​jiàn · to act with stubbornness — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    契舟求剑 / 契舟求劍

    qì​zhōu​qiú​jiàn

    to act with stubbornness

    To take measures without regard to changes in circumstances; refers to a story of someone who marks the side of a boat to find a sword dropped into a river, failing to realize the boat has moved.

    契 (literal) → 契 · qì · to carve 舟 (literal) → 舟 · zhōu · boat 求 (literal) → 求 · qiú · to seek 剑 (literal) → 剑/劍 · jiàn · sword

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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