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摸黑

mō hēi

2-character word

What 摸黑 means

1. to grope about in the dark

The characters in 摸黑

• 摸mōto feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke
• 黑hēiblack; dark; sinister

Example sentences

• 孩子们不喜欢摸黑外出。
  Háizimen bù xǐhuan mōhēi wàichū.
  Children don't like to go out in the dark.
• 她摸黑摸不到灯的开关。
  Tā mōhēi mō bù dào dēng de kāiguān.
  She groped for the light switch in the dark.

Words containing 摸黑

• 两眼一摸黑liǎng yǎn yī mō hēi(of sb in an unfamiliar situation) helpless and disoriented
• 起早摸黑qǐ zǎo mō hēisee 起早贪黑