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刻舟求剑
繁體 刻舟求劍
HSK 3.0 · 7freq #108,475
释义Meanings
- 1.lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
汉字Characters
to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment
radical: 刂
decomp: ⿰亥刂
boat, ship
radical: 舟
decomp: ⿻？？
to seek; to request, to demand; to beseech, to beg for
radical: 氺
decomp: ⿻一氺
sword, dagger, saber
radical: 刂
decomp: ⿰佥刂
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