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. 在黑暗中摸索著行動或做事。喻指小偷。
  2. 趁天色未明，把握時間。如:「為了趕時間，他們摸黑上路。」

重編國語辭典

Examples

她摸黑摸不到燈的開關。

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

兩眼一摸黑 liǎngyǎnyīmōhēi (of sb in an unfamiliar situation) helpless and disoriented
起早摸黑 qǐzǎomōhēi see 起早貪黑 qǐzǎotānhēi
摸黑兒 mōhēir