摸着石头过河

Traditional form:

摸著石頭過河

Pinyin (reading):

mōzheshítouguòhé

Definitions:

• to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom)
• to advance cautiously, step by step
• to feel one's way forward

Characters:

• 摸 - to caress, to stroke, to gently touch
• 着 - to make a move, to take action
• 石 - stone, rock, mineral
• 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top
• 过 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river

Traditional characters:

• 摸 - to caress, to stroke, to gently touch
• 著 - to show, to prove, to make known
• 石 - stone, rock, mineral
• 頭 - head; chief, boss; first, top
• 過 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river