📖 Meaning
To stubbornly hold onto outdated methods or ideas, ignoring that circumstances have changed.
📜 Origin Story
A man dropped his sword from a moving boat and carved a mark on the boat's side. When the boat stopped, he dove in where the mark was, but the boat had moved while the sword had not.
💡 Example Usage
现在市场变了，你的旧策略就是刻舟求剑。
The market has changed—sticking to your old strategy is like carving the boat to find the sword.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 刻舟求剑
- Pinyin: kè zhōu qiú jiàn
- Literal Translation: carve boat, seek sword
- Category: Thinking
- Characters: 4