捉摸
zhuō mō
Pinyin

Definition

捉摸
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zhuō mō
  1. to fathom
  2. to make sense of
  3. to grasp

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  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
gū mo
  1. 1 to reckon
  2. 2 to guess
zhuō
  1. 1 to clutch
  2. 2 to grab
  3. 3 to capture
zhuō zhù
  1. 1 to catch
  2. 2 to grapple with
  3. 3 to hold onto
zhuō nòng
  1. 1 to tease

Idioms (14)

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
捉襟见肘
zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu
  1. 1 lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
  2. 2 strapped for cash
  3. 3 unable to make ends meet
捕风捉影
bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng
  1. 1 lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations
  2. 2 to act on hearsay evidence