摸黑
mō hēi
Pinyin

Definition

摸黑
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mō hēi
  1. to grope about in the dark

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

摸
mō
  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
黑
Hēi
  1. 1 abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hēi lóng jiāng]
黑夜
hēi yè
  1. 1 night
黑暗
hēi àn
  1. 1 dark
  2. 2 darkly
  3. 3 darkness
黑眼圈
hēi yǎn quān
  1. 1 dark circles (under one's eyes)
  2. 2 black eye
黑社会
hēi shè huì
  1. 1 criminal underworld
  2. 2 organized crime syndicate
黑色
hēi sè
  1. 1 black
估摸
gū mo
  1. 1 to reckon
  2. 2 to guess
天黑
tiān hēi
  1. 1 to get dark
  2. 2 dusk
慕尼黑
Mù ní hēi
  1. 1 München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany
抹黑
mǒ hēi
  1. 1 to discredit
  2. 2 to defame
  3. 3 to smear sb's name
  4. 4 to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc)
  5. 5 to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage)
  6. 6 to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)
拉黑
lā hēi
  1. 1 to add sb to one's blacklist (on a cellphone, or in instant messaging software etc)
  2. 2 abbr. for 拉到黑名單|拉到黑名单
捉摸
zhuō mō
  1. 1 to fathom
  2. 2 to make sense of
  3. 3 to grasp
摸爬滚打
mō pá gǔn dǎ
  1. 1 to go through challenging experiences
  2. 2 to become seasoned (in one's profession etc)
摸索
mō suo
  1. 1 to feel about
  2. 2 to grope about
  3. 3 to fumble
  4. 4 to do things slowly
摸黑
mō hēi
  1. 1 to grope about in the dark
抚摸
fǔ mō
  1. 1 to gently caress and stroke
  2. 2 to pet
  3. 3 to fondle
晒黑
shài hēi
  1. 1 to sunbathe
  2. 2 to tan
  3. 3 to get sunburnt
  4. 4 to expose unfair practices (on a consumer protection website)
漆黑
qī hēi
  1. 1 pitch-black
乌黑
wū hēi
  1. 1 jet-black
  2. 2 dark

Idioms (20)

一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
  1. 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
  3. 3 to cling to one's course
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
合眼摸象
hé yǎn mō xiàng
  1. 1 to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly
天下乌鸦一般黑
tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi
  1. 1 all crows are black (idiom)
  2. 2 evil people are bad all over the world
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
数黄道黑
shǔ huáng dào hēi
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
  2. 2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
数黑论白
shǔ hēi lùn bái
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
  2. 2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
数黑论黄
shǔ hēi lùn huáng
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
昏天黑地
hūn tiān hēi dì
  1. 1 lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. pitch dark
  3. 3 to black out
  4. 4 disorderly
  5. 5 troubled times
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
近朱者赤，近墨者黑
jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēi
  1. 1 those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom)
  2. 2 you are the product of your environment
颠倒黑白
diān dǎo hēi bái
  1. 1 lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately
  2. 2 to misrepresent the facts
  3. 3 to invert right and wrong
黎明前的黑暗
lí míng qián de hēi àn
  1. 1 darkness comes before dawn
  2. 2 things can only get better (idiom)
黑天半夜
hēi tiān bàn yè
  1. 1 lit. the black sky of midnight
  2. 2 very late at night (idiom)
黑白不分
hēi bái bù fēn
  1. 1 can't tell black from white (idiom); unable to distinguish wrong from right

Sample Sentences

他们摸黑辨别最无可替代的藏品，但只抢回“丢失遗产中的极小一部分”。
tāmen mōhēi biànbié zuì wúkětìdài de cángpǐn ，dàn zhǐ qiǎng huí “diūshī yíchǎn zhōng de jíxiǎo yībùfen ”。
They groped in the dark to find the most irreplaceable collection, but only managed to salvage "a small part of the lost heritage."
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