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ふねにこくしてけんをもとむ
Meanings
Expression
Idiomatic
1. to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
from a fable in Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals
Alt. forms
舟ふねに刻こくして剣けんを求もとむ
ふねにこくしてけんをもとむ
Composed of
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
① 刃が両側についている刃物。
to want; to wish for; (arch.) to request; (arch.) to demand; (arch.) to seek; (arch.) to search for