Entry
不bù管guǎn白bái猫māo黑hēi猫māo，,捉zhuō住zhù老lǎo鼠shǔ就jiù是shì好hǎo猫māo

  1. it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)

    trad. 不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓

Also written 不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓【bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo , zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo】

Characters in this word

12
老
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prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity, old (of people), venerable (person), experienced, of long standing, always, all the time, of the past, very, outdated, (of meat etc) tough

Pinyin
lǎo
Strokes
6
Frequency
511 of 2500
Words starting with 老Words ending in 老Anywhere in a word
就
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(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then, (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after, (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly, only; as little as, as much as; as many as, to approach; to move towards, to undertake; to engage in, (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of, (of food) to go with, with regard to; concerning, (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]), (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ..., (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...

Pinyin
jiù
Strokes
12
Frequency
14 of 2500
Words starting with 就Words ending in 就Anywhere in a word
好
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good, appropriate; proper, all right!, (before a verb) easy to, (before a verb) good to, (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so, (verb complement indicating completion), (of two people) close; on intimate terms, (after a form of address) hello

Pinyin
hǎo
Strokes
6
Frequency
11 of 2500
Words starting with 好Words ending in 好Anywhere in a word