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刻舟求剑    
kè zhōu qiú jiàn
英译 (English) to cut a mark on the side of one's boat to indicate the place where one's sword has dropped into the river; to take measures without regard to changes in circumstances; to be stubbornly unimaginative
释义 (paraphrase) 比喻不懂事物已发展变化而仍静止地看问题。
示例 (demonstration) 世上万物是不断变化的，墨守成规，刻舟求剑，终归是会碰壁的。