抚摸 (撫摸)
fǔ mō
Pinyin
Definition
抚摸 (撫摸)
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- to gently caress and stroke
- to pet
- to fondle
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to feel with the hand
- 2 to touch
- 3 to stroke
- 4 to grope
- 5 to steal
- 6 to abstract
- 1 to reckon
- 2 to guess
- 1 to fathom
- 2 to make sense of
- 3 to grasp
- 1 to go through challenging experiences
- 2 to become seasoned (in one's profession etc)
- 1 to feel about
- 2 to grope about
- 3 to fumble
- 4 to do things slowly
Idioms (9)
丈二和尚,摸不着头脑
- 1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
- 2 fig. at a total loss
偷鸡摸狗
- 1 to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)
- 2 to pilfer
- 3 to dally with women
- 4 to have affairs
合眼摸象
- 1 to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly
摸着石头过河
- 1 to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom)
- 2 to advance cautiously, step by step
- 3 to feel one's way forward
混水摸鱼
- 1 to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
- 2 also written 渾水摸魚|浑水摸鱼
Sample Sentences
来,你来抚摸一下霹雳的脑袋和鬃毛,先安抚一下它。然后再试一次。
Come here, stroke Thunderbolt's head and mane a bit. First comfort him for a moment, and then try again.