偷偷摸摸
tōu tōu mō mō
Pinyin

Definition

偷偷摸摸
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tōu tōu mō mō
  1. surreptitious
  2. sneaky

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tōu
  1. 1 to steal
  2. 2 to pilfer
  3. 3 to snatch
  4. 4 thief
  5. 5 stealthily
tōu tōu
  1. 1 stealthily
  2. 2 secretly
  3. 3 covertly
  4. 4 furtively
  5. 5 on the sly
tōu xiào
  1. 1 to laugh up one's sleeve
  1. 1 to feel with the hand
  2. 2 to touch
  3. 3 to stroke
  4. 4 to grope
  5. 5 to steal
  6. 6 to abstract
tōu chī
  1. 1 to eat on the sly
  2. 2 to pilfer food
  3. 3 to be unfaithful
tōu qíng
  1. 1 to carry on a clandestine love affair
tōu lǎn
  1. 1 to goof off
  2. 2 to be lazy
tōu pāi
  1. 1 to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
tōu kuī
  1. 1 to peep
  2. 2 to peek
  3. 3 to act as voyeur
tōu xián
  1. 1 to snatch a moment of leisure
  2. 2 to take a break from work
  3. 3 also written 偷閒|偷闲[tōu xián]
xiǎo tōu
  1. 1 thief
mō pá gǔn dǎ
  1. 1 to go through challenging experiences
  2. 2 to become seasoned (in one's profession etc)
mō suo
  1. 1 to feel about
  2. 2 to grope about
  3. 3 to fumble
  4. 4 to do things slowly
mō hēi
  1. 1 to grope about in the dark
fǔ mō
  1. 1 to gently caress and stroke
  2. 2 to pet
  3. 3 to fondle
chù mō
  1. 1 to touch
chù mō píng
  1. 1 touchscreen
gū mo
  1. 1 to reckon
  2. 2 to guess
tōu tōu mō mō
  1. 1 surreptitious
  2. 2 sneaky
tōu qù
  1. 1 to steal
  2. 2 to make off with
  3. 3 stolen

Idioms (19)

丈二和尚,摸不着头脑
zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo
  1. 1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. at a total loss
偷天换日
tōu tiān huàn rì
  1. 1 to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
  2. 2 skulduggery
  3. 3 to hoodwink people
  4. 4 to cheat sb audaciously
偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
偷梁换柱
tōu liáng huàn zhù
  1. 1 lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
  2. 2 to replace the original with a fake
  3. 3 to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
  1. 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  3. 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
偷鸡摸狗
tōu jī mō gǒu
  1. 1 to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)
  2. 2 to pilfer
  3. 3 to dally with women
  4. 4 to have affairs
偷香窃玉
tōu xiāng qiè yù
  1. 1 lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
  2. 2 secret illicit sex
合眼摸象
hé yǎn mō xiàng
  1. 1 to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly
忍垢偷生
rěn gòu tōu shēng
  1. 1 to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
忍辱偷生
rěn rǔ tōu shēng
  1. 1 to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
摸着石头过河
mō zhe shí tou guò hé
  1. 1 to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom)
  2. 2 to advance cautiously, step by step
  3. 3 to feel one's way forward
混水摸鱼
hún shuǐ mō yú
  1. 1 to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
  2. 2 also written 渾水摸魚|浑水摸鱼
浑水摸鱼
hún shuǐ mō yú
  1. 1 to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
盲人摸象
máng rén mō xiàng
  1. 1 blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[dà bān Niè pán jīng]); fig. unable to see the big picture
  2. 2 to mistake the part for the whole
  3. 3 unable to see the wood for the trees
众盲摸象
zhòng máng mō xiàng
  1. 1 multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[dà bān Niè pán jīng]); fig. unable to see the big picture
  2. 2 to mistake the part for the whole
  3. 3 unable to see the wood for the trees
瞎子摸象
xiā zi mō xiàng
  1. 1 blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[dà bān Niè pán jīng]); fig. unable to see the big picture
  2. 2 to mistake the part for the whole
  3. 3 unable to see the wood for the trees
苟且偷安
gǒu qiě tōu ān
  1. 1 seeking only ease and comfort (idiom); making no attempt to improve oneself
  2. 2 taking things easily without attending to responsibilities
苟且偷生
gǒu qiě tōu shēng
  1. 1 to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence
凿壁偷光
záo bì tōu guāng
  1. 1 lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship

Sample Sentences

偷偷摸摸的事情
tōutōumōmō de shìqing
A sneaky affair.
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那谈恋爱的时候岂不是要偷偷摸摸,躲躲藏藏的?
nà tánliàn'ài de shíhou qǐbùshì yào tōutōumōmō ,duǒduǒcángcáng de ?
其实非典以后,人们都谈虎色变,野味市场受到很大冲击。以前广东野味饭店遍地开花。这次我去,饭店是偷偷摸摸卖给我们的。而且,现在广东人的饮食观念也有了很大的转变。好多人也觉得吃野味是非法,非人道,而且不健康的行为,并不像以前那样盲目地认为吃野味很补。
qíshí fēidiǎn yǐhòu ,rénmen dōu tánhǔsèbiàn ,yěwèi shìchǎng shòudào hěn dà chōngjī 。yǐqián Guǎngdōng wèi fàndiàn biàndìkāihuā 。zhècì wǒ qù ,fàndiàn shì tōutōumōmō mài gěi wǒmen de 。érqiě ,xiànzài guǎngdōngrén de yǐnshí guānniàn yě yǒu le hěn dà de zhuǎnbiàn 。hǎo duō rén yě juéde chī yěwèi shì fēifǎ ,fēi réndào ,érqiě bù jiànkāng de xíngwéi ,bìngbù xiàng yǐqián nàyàng mángmù de rènwéi chī yěwèi hěn bǔ 。
Actually, after SARS, people were really skittish about this stuff, and the market for game was badly affected. It used to be that game restaurants were all over in Guangdong. On this visit, the restaurant sneakily sold the stuff to us. And what's more, Cantonese people's ideas about their diet have really changed a lot. A lot of people think that eating game is illegal, inhumane and unhealthy. It's not at all like in the past, where people blindly assumed that eating game was very nutritious.