刻舟求剑
[kè zhōu qiú jiàn]
- 基础释义 纠错
- 释义
（比喻拘泥固执，不知变通） carve on gunwale of a moving boat;marking where a sword was dropped -- foolish undertaking;carve a mark on gunwale in moving boat where a sword was lost -- ridiculous stupidity;cut a mark on the side of one's boat to indicate the place where one's sword has dropped into the river ;
- 近/反义词
- 近义词
- 反义词
- 一板三眼 One board and three eyes
- 缘木求鱼 climb trees to catch [look for] fish -- cannot get blood from a stone;catch fish in a tree -- a useless search;do the impossible;do things by the wrong method ;
- 萧规曹随 (a Han Dynasty prime minister) followed the rules set by Xiao (his predecessor) -- to follow established rules;follow [tread] in sb.'s footsteps;follow sb. exactly;move in a rut ;
- 守株待兔 wait every day under the tree, in the hope that a hare would kill itself by crashing into a tree trunk;stand by a tree stump waiting for a hare -- one who sticks to his folly and does nothing;stand by a tree stump waiting for a hare to dash itself against it;wait for gains without pains ;
- 按图索骥 look for a noble steed to correspond with the one drawn;look for a steed with the aid of its picture -- try to locate sth. by following up a clue;follow up a clue to find sth.;follow up a lead to solve a problem ;
- 墨守成规 stick in the mud;adhere to old habits;be fettered by old conventions;follow a stereotype routine;routinism ;
- 一成不变 immutable and frozen;be immutable;be set in one's ways;changeless;invariable ;
- 一划 (of swimming or rowing) a stroke;
- 胶柱鼓瑟 stick to old ways stubbornly in the face of changed circumstances ;
- 双语例句 更多例句
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This idiom satirizes those who instead of taking changed circumstances account.
“刻舟求剑”这个成语讽刺那些办事迂腐,不知道变通情况的人.
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