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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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to feel with the hand / to touch / to stroke / to grope / to steal / to abstract
HSK 4
to feel about / to grope about / to fumble / to do things slowly
HSK 7-9
to have a clear view (of a situation) / to fish for information / fact-finding
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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variant of
to go through challenging experiences / to become seasoned (in one's profession etc)
to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain
to grope about in the dark
to draw lots / raffle / lottery
to be unable to make any sense of the matter / to be at a loss
to be able to touch / tangible
can't touch; can't reach / (fig.) unable to get a grasp of
to catch fish / (fig.) to loaf on the job; to be slack; to take it easy
to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom) / to advance cautiously, step by step / to feel one's way forward
to feel sb's pulse
to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)
touch bar (hostess bar that allows physical contact)
can't make head or tail of
to play mahjong
thorough search
to draw a tile (at mahjong) / to play mahjong
lit. crossing the river by feeling for stones / improvise by trial-and-error / move cautiously


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