mō​zhe​shí​tou​guò​hé

cautious progress

摸着石头过河 (摸著石頭過河) mō​zhe​shí​tou​guò​hé
cautious progress
to advance cautiously through experimentation, or to feel one's way forward step by step
wade
to wade across a river by feeling for footholds as one goes

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