(of sb in an unfamiliar situation) helpless and disoriented
trad. 兩眼一摸黑
Also written 兩眼一摸黑【liǎng yǎn yī mō hēi】
Characters in this word
5两
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two, both, some, a few, tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- Pinyin
- liǎng
- Traditional
- 兩
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1703 of 2500
眼
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eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]), (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance, small hole, (bound form) salient point, classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
- Pinyin
- yǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 4324 of 2500
一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
摸
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to feel with the hand, to touch, to stroke, to grope, to steal, to abstract
- Pinyin
- mō
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 2473 of 2500
黑
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short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
- Pinyin
- Hēi
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 1270 of 2500