variant of 摹[mo2]

to touch

to gently caress and stroke; to pet; to fondle

(idiom) surreptitious; sneaky

to feel about; to grope about; to fumble; to do things slowly

to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain

elusive; hard to pin down; enigmatic

(mahjong) to self-draw the winning tile; (slang) to play with oneself; to masturbate

to fathom; to make sense of; to grasp

to reckon; to guess

surreptitious; sneaky

(dialect) to savor; to test the taste of; (fig.) to ponder upon; to mull over

variant of 踅摸[xue2 mo5]

to look for; to explore; to probe

to feel for sth; to grope

touch bar (hostess bar that allows physical contact)

to have a clear view (of a situation); to fish for information; fact-finding

to draw lots; raffle; lottery

thorough search

to draw a tile (at mahjong); to play mahjong

to feel sb's pulse

to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)

to catch fish; (fig.) to loaf on the job; to be slack; to take it easy

to grope about in the dark

variant of 約莫|约莫[yue1 mo5]

to look for; to seek (colloq.)

not acquainted with the situation; not up on things

can't touch; can't reach; (fig.) unable to get a grasp of

to play mahjong

to be able to touch; tangible

touchscreen

touchpad; trackpad

multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture; to mistake the part for the whole; unable to see the wood for the trees

to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom); to pilfer; to dally with women; to have affairs

to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly

to engage in petty theft

(idiom) unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down

can't make head or tail of

to go through challenging experiences; to become seasoned (in one's profession etc)

(idiom) military title said to have existed in the Han dynasty, allegedly granted to officials tasked with retrieving gold from tombs to fund military campaigns; (in popular fiction) tomb raider

to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain

variant of 渾水摸魚|浑水摸鱼[hun2 shui3 mo1 yu2]

blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture; to mistake the part for the whole; unable to see the wood for the trees

blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture; to mistake the part for the whole; unable to see the wood for the trees

touchscreen

see 起早貪黑|起早贪黑[qi3 zao3 tan1 hei1]

lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon; to track sth following clues

(idiom) muddled; momentarily confused

(of sb in an unfamiliar situation) helpless and disoriented