Lingaku- lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
Generated: This idiomatic expression describes a situation where someone tries to take an action that is irrelevant or ineffective because the conditions have changed.
tā他Huán还zài在Nā那tiáo条hé河lǐ里kè zhōu qiú jiàn刻舟求剑，wán quán完全méi yǒu没有yì shí意识dào到jiàn剑yǐ jīng已经bù jiàn le不见了。
He is still trying to locate the sword in that river, completely unaware that it is already gone.
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