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idiom: ke zhou qiu jian 刻舟求剑-mark boat find sword |
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to take measures without considering the changing circumstances
Once upon a time, a man who was crossing the river by boat dropped his sword to the river. He marked the boat where the sword dropped by and thought he could find the sword from the mark on the boat. he could not find the sword--the boat was moving, the water was running. How could he find the sword from the mark on the boat.
This is always used to describe a person does not change his strategy even when the circumstances change.
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