(literary) to wade across a body of water / (bound form) to experience / to undergo / to be involved / to concern
涉
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步
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氵
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Sherlock Holmes (sh) suspects the five paced viper (步) to have killed an innocent person, so he is looking for it in the elevator's bathroom (e4). The snakes hides in one of the many water bottles (氵), so Sherlock has to wade (涉) through the bottles and the water in order to find the viper (步).