刻舟求剑 (kè zhōu qiú jiàn): Carve a boat to seek a sword / act out an irrelevant solution to a problem — Meaning & Stroke Order

He lost his keys but kept looking in the same spot, which is like carving a mark on a boat to find a lost sword.

Facing a completely new market environment, sticking to old strategies is like carving a boat to seek a sword.

You're trying to solve current problems with past experience; isn't that like carving a boat to seek a sword?

Times have changed, yet you're still using old methods to solve problems. Isn't that like carving a mark on a boat to find a lost sword?

He always tries to deal with changes using rigid methods; this is far from wise and is simply like carving a boat to seek a sword.

In digital transformation, refusing to update technology is a typical act of carving a boat to seek a sword.

In today's rapidly advancing technology, if a company sticks to traditional models without innovating, it's no different from carving a mark on a boat to find a lost sword.

Don't expect to handle new conflicts with old rules; that's just carving a boat to seek a sword.