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Learn Chinese Idiom with Bruce. Chinese idiom 刻舟求剑This story happened two thounds years ago. A man from Chu traveled on a boat., but his sword dropped into the river. He didn’t jump into water to find his sword, he just cut a mark on the side of the boat to indicate the place where his sword dropped. When he arrived in the destination, he jumped into the river to find his sword, he got nothing. Today, we use this idiom to describe take measures without regard to the situation