摸象
mō xiàng
Pinyin
Definition
摸象
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- to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (13)
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
人心不足蛇吞象
- 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
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