刻舟求剑 (kè zhōu qiú jiàn) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances”.
Meanings
- 1lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances