to touch; to feel or stroke with the hands

to feel about with the hands or feet; to grope for something in the dark

to feel or touch gently, often repeatedly; to feel with the hand

to touch and stroke gently with the hand; to pet; to fondle

doing things in a secretive or surreptitious manner to avoid being noticed; furtive; sneaky

to figure out; to suss out; to ascertain; to come to a clear understanding of a situation

to investigate or probe to find out the real situation or someone's intentions

to reach out and touch something; to find or feel for by touching.

to fathom; to make sense of; to grasp. Often used in the negative to indicate that something is unpredictable or hard to guess.

To find or pull something out with the hand, as from a pocket, bag, or water

to go through challenging experiences or become seasoned in one's profession through hard work and training

stealing things of little value; petty theft

To be unable to make any sense of a matter or understand what is going on; to be completely baffled

to grope about or do things in the dark; to move around by touch when there is no light

unable to touch or reach a physical object

to track down someone or something by following clues; literally "to follow the vine to find the melon"

to reckon or guess; to make a rough estimate or deduction

to advance cautiously by testing each step; to make progress through trial and error, as in policy or reform

To jump up and touch the highest point possible with the fingertips, usually to test jumping ability

To take advantage of a crisis or chaotic situation for personal gain

To understand someone or something thoroughly; to have complete insight into a situation or a person's character.

Unable to fully understand or grasp a situation or person's intentions.

elusive; hard to pin down; impossible to fathom or grasp; difficult to guess or anticipate

To be very industrious; rising early and going to bed late to work.

to take advantage of a crisis or chaotic situation for personal gain

to guess or estimate roughly (quantities, time, or outcomes)

To engage in petty theft or stealing; refers to a thief or person of low character.

To catch fish with the hands.

A display screen that allows users to interact with a computer, smartphone, or other device by touching it with a finger or stylus; also written as [[触屏|觸屏|chu4 ping2]].

difficult to size up or predict; uncanny; unpredictable

to steal small things; to engage in petty theft

To participate in a lottery or drawing where a prize is won by picking a ticket; to draw lots for prizes.

To mistake the part for the whole or draw conclusions from incomplete data. This idiom comes from a story about blind men who each touch a different part of an elephant and describe the animal based only on what they felt.

(dialect) to carefully taste or savor the flavor of something

(colloquial) to look for; to try to find or obtain something; to explore or probe

To draw a ticket or token to determine a winner in a raffle or lottery

(idiom) blind people touch an elephant; to be unable to see the big picture or to draw a conclusion based on incomplete information

Meaning "one cannot touch the backside of a tiger," this describes a person who is extremely touchy, overbearing, or powerful such that no one dares to provoke or criticize them.

(idiom) A military title allegedly created by Cao Cao during the Han dynasty for officials tasked with looting tombs to fund the army; in modern popular fiction, it refers to a professional tomb raider

to be unable to make head or tail of something; to be completely uncomprehending or in a quandary

to search for or pull out something by reaching in and feeling for it, such as in a bag or pocket

to be able to touch; within reach; tangible

(colloquial) to grope about blindly like a person who cannot see

to feel about in the dark; to explore or research a problem independently without guidance or clues

An old form of physiognomy or fortune-telling in which a practitioner feels a person's bones to predict their fate or character.

to launch a surprise attack on an enemy sentry or guard post; to sneak up on and take out a guard

Literally meaning "a blind person feeling for fish"; used as a metaphor for doing something without a clear method, goal, or plan.

To carry out a surprise night attack on an enemy camp; to infiltrate or raid an enemy's base.

To guess or estimate something based on one's own intuition; to speculate; [[猜测|猜測|cai1 ce4]] or [[估摸|估摸|gu1 mo5]].