刻舟求劍

• Pinyin: kè zhōu qiú jiàn
• English Definitions: lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
• Notes: Classifiers: Other transcriptions: numeric: ke4 zhou1 qiu2 jian4, wadegiles: k'o⁴ chou¹ ch'iu² chien⁴, bopomofo: ㄎㄜˋ ㄓㄡ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ, romatzyh: keh jou chyou jiann