摸黑

mōhēi
to grope about in the dark

CEDICT

to feel a way forward in the dark; to grope around looking for a way forward in the dark

Wiktionary

  1. 在黑暗中摸索着行动或做事。喻指小偷。
  2. 趁天色未明，把握时间。如:「为了赶时间，他们摸黑上路。」

重編國語辭典

Examples

她摸黑摸不到灯的开关。

She groped for the light switch in the dark.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 摸 mō
  1. to feel with the hand
  2. to touch
  3. to stroke
  4. to grope
  5. to steal
  6. to abstract
2 黑 hēi
  1. black
  2. dark
  3. sinister
  4. secret
  5. shady
  6. illegal
  7. to hide (sth) away
  8. to vilify
  9. (loanword) to hack (computing)

Containing this entry

两眼一摸黑 liǎngyǎnyīmōhēi (of sb in an unfamiliar situation) helpless and disoriented
起早摸黑 qǐzǎomōhēi see 起早贪黑 qǐzǎotānhēi
摸黑儿 mōhēir