- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
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不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫
不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫
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)
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹名noun
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)
- ，。
Whether it's a white cat or a black cat, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺮(bamboo)RADICAL
- 官(official; manage)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A bamboo tube is managed by officials, so 管 means both tube and to manage.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 白(white; light; bright)ASSOCIATIVE
The sun radiating bright rays suggests the pristine white color.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 犭(dog)RADICAL
- 苗(sprout; seedling)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A cat stalks prey like a hunter among young sprouting plants.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 黑(black; dark color (depicting a face blackened by smoke and fire))ASSOCIATIVE
A face covered by smoke and fire symbolizes the dark black color.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 足(foot; complete)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your hand to grip the enemy's leg tightly to capture them.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 亻(person; human; people)RADICAL
- 主(master; stay)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A master has a place to stay and settle down.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 耂(old person; elderly (pictographic variant))RADICAL
- 匕(spoon; curved)ASSOCIATIVE
An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 鼠(mouse; rat (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A mouse's head, teeth, body, and tail are stylized to form this character.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 京(capital; high place)ASSOCIATIVE
- 尤(special; prominent)PHONETIC
Approaching the capital city prominently represents the meaning of the character 就.
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 女(woman; female)RADICAL
- 子(child; offspring)ASSOCIATIVE
A woman standing beside her child represents the most beautiful and happy image.
不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫
Traditional不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓
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)
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹名noun
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)
- ，。
Whether it's a white cat or a black cat, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺮(bamboo)RADICAL
- 官(official; manage)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A bamboo tube is managed by officials, so 管 means both tube and to manage.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 白(white; light; bright)ASSOCIATIVE
The sun radiating bright rays suggests the pristine white color.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 犭(dog)RADICAL
- 苗(sprout; seedling)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A cat stalks prey like a hunter among young sprouting plants.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 黑(black; dark color (depicting a face blackened by smoke and fire))ASSOCIATIVE
A face covered by smoke and fire symbolizes the dark black color.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 足(foot; complete)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your hand to grip the enemy's leg tightly to capture them.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 亻(person; human; people)RADICAL
- 主(master; stay)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A master has a place to stay and settle down.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 耂(old person; elderly (pictographic variant))RADICAL
- 匕(spoon; curved)ASSOCIATIVE
An old person with a hunched back curved like a spoon is the image of this character.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 鼠(mouse; rat (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A mouse's head, teeth, body, and tail are stylized to form this character.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 京(capital; high place)ASSOCIATIVE
- 尤(special; prominent)PHONETIC
Approaching the capital city prominently represents the meaning of the character 就.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 女(woman; female)RADICAL
- 子(child; offspring)ASSOCIATIVE
A woman standing beside her child represents the most beautiful and happy image.
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