摸石头过河

Traditional form:

摸石頭過河

Pinyin (reading):

mōshítouguòhé

Definitions:

• lit. crossing the river by feeling for stones
• improvise by trial-and-error
• move cautiously

Characters:

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