| 摸着石头过河 |
mō zhe shí tou guò hé |
to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom) / to advance cautiously, step by step / to feel one's way forward |
| 摸 |
mō |
to feel with the hand / to touch / to stroke / to grope / to steal / to abstract |
| 摸 |
mó |
variant of 摹 |
| 着 |
zhāo |
a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick; tactic / (dialect) okay; all right / (dialect) to put in; to add |
| 着 |
zháo |
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in |
| 着 |
zhe |
aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 着 |
zhuó |
to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply |
| 石 |
Shí |
surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家庄, the capital of Hebei |
| 石 |
dàn |
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] |
| 石 |
shí |
rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 |
| 石头 |
shí tou |
stone / CL:块 |
| 头 |
tóu |
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:个 |
| 头 |
tou |
suffix for nouns |
| 过 |
Guō |
surname Guo |
| 过 |
guò |
to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- |
| 过 |
guo |
(experienced action marker) |
| 河 |
hé |
river (CL:条,道) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉 |