Seek for the sword(qì chuán qiú jiàn)

Seek for the sword

Qichuanqiujian is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is Q ì Chu á nqi ú Ji à n, which means that the metaphor is rigid and inflexible. Later, he wrote "carving boats for Swords". It comes from the spring and Autumn Annals of the Lu family.

Analysis of Idioms

To carve a boat for a sword

Antonym: act according to circumstances

The origin of Idioms

In Lu's Chunqiu · Chajin: "there are people in Chu who wade across the river. Their swords fall from the boat into the water. They suddenly agree with the boat and say," this is where my swords fall from. " When the boat stops, it will be asked to enter the water from what it has contracted. The boat has gone, but the sword can't. If you ask for the sword like this, you will be confused! "

Idiom story

During the Warring States period, a man from the state of Chu crossed the Yangtze River by boat. When the boat reached the river, he accidentally dropped his sword into the water, but he couldn't catch it in time. So he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword fell. After the boat landed, he went down to touch his sword at the place where the mark had just been made and got nothing.

Idiom usage

It can be used as predicate, attribute and adverbial.

Examples

The world is different, and things are different. They can't change, so they were once the prime minister. It's the same with the boat and the rabbit. Biography of Zhang Heng in the book of the later Han Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : qì chuán qiú jiàn