khắc chu cầu kiếm
Pronunciation
Northern
/xak˧˥ ʨu˧˧ kə̤w˨˩ kiəm˧˥/
Central
/kʰa̰k˩˧ ʨu˧˥ kəw˧˧ kiə̰m˩˧/
Southern
/kʰak˧˥ ʨu˧˧ kəw˨˩ kiəm˧˥/
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carve boat to find sword
Phrase
carve boat to find sword
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Phrase
carve boat to find sword Discourse & Logic
Refers to someone on a boat who carelessly drops a sword into the water and carves a mark on the boat to mark where it fell, intending to search for the sword later based on that mark.
vi Áp dụng phương pháp cũ kỹ vào hoàn cảnh mới thì chẳng khác nào khắc chu cầu kiếm.
en Applying outdated methods to a new situation is no different from carving a boat to find a dropped sword.
Parts
khắc / chu / cầu …
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Parts
khắc / chu / cầu …
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
刻周求劍
Candidates by syllable
khắc
刻（克）
chu
周（週）
cầu
求
kiếm
劍
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Use
khoảnh khắc / thời khắc / ngay tức khắc / tức khắc …
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Use
khoảnh khắc / thời khắc / ngay tức khắc / tức khắc …