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黑猫
hēi​māo

black cat

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  • 不管白猫黑猫,捉住老鼠就是好猫 bù​guǎn​bái​māo​hēi​māo, zhuō​zhù​lǎo​shǔ​jiù​shì​hǎo​māo pragmatism
    it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (Deng Xiaoping's famous saying favoring pragmatism over ideological purity)