摸 Stroke Order

(dialect) to savor / to test the taste of / (fig.) to ponder upon / to mull over

Lieutenant Touch

puzzled / be all at sea / be completely at a loss

to gently caress and stroke / to pet / to fondle

to fathom / to make sense of / to grasp

subtle / elusive / intangible / uncanny / unpredictable

elusive / unpredictable / guessed what was happening but did not know what was really taking place. / difficult to ascertain

Guess

touch / feel

to feel about / to grope about / to fumble / to do things slowly

to touch

to be unable to make any sense of the matter / to be at a loss

to have a clear view (of a situation) / to fish for information / fact-finding

about / around / approximately / also written 約莫|约莫

to suss out / to figure out / to ascertain

to go through challenging experiences / to become seasoned (in one's profession etc)

to grope about in the dark

to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain / also written 渾水摸魚|浑水摸鱼

have an insight into / get to know clearly

surreptitious / sneaky

to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs

to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain

to reckon / to guess

lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon / to track sth following clues