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 definitions (experimental)
- a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom)
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.
You can't try to locate the sword now; things have already changed.
Generated collocations (experimental)
kè zhōu qiú jiàn刻舟求剑to take futile action in changing circumstanceskè zhōu qiú jiàn刻舟求剑de的gù shì故事the story of "carving a boat to find a sword"kè zhōu qiú jiàn刻舟求剑de的jiào xun教训the lesson of "carving a boat to find a sword"kè zhōu qiú jiàn刻舟求剑de的lì zi例子examples of "carving a boat to find a sword"kè zhōu qiú jiàn刻舟求剑de的sī wéi思维fāng shì方式the mindset of "carving a boat to find a sword"kè zhōu qiú jiàn刻舟求剑de的tài du态度the attitude of "carving a boat to find a sword"yòng用kè zhōu qiú jiàn刻舟求剑de的fāng shì方式jiě jué解决wèn tí问题to solve problems using the approach of "carving a boat to find a sword"fǎn yìng反映kè zhōu qiú jiàn刻舟求剑de的guān diǎn观点reflecting the viewpoint of "carving a boat to find a sword"