汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 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)
bù/bú guǎn bái () māo hēi zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo/hào
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

“黄猫黑猫,只要捉住老鼠就是好猫”论和“摸着石头过河”论,生动地体现了这一观点和方法。

The theories of "a good cat should be good at catching rats" and "fumbling the way to cross the river" vividly embody this methodology.

一只肥猫捉住一只狂妄的老鼠。

A fat cat catches a mad rat.

有个人向官家推荐了一只红双眼小白猫,说自个的猫机灵机动,牙口利索,说不定和老鼠恶霸有一拼。

Authoritative a personal recommendation to a small white red eyes, said that since a cat clever maneuvering, dental mouth agile, maybe a spell and mouse bullies.

那只小白猫小心翼翼地走曩昔,然后细心地审察起老鼠恶霸来。

The little white cat walked gingerly in former times, then careful scrutiny bullies come from mice.

我们的猫绝对捉不到老鼠。

Our cat is hopeless at catching mice.

他们找到一只猫来驱赶老鼠。

They got a cat to drive out the mice.

她顶着他就像猫在窥伺老鼠。

She watches him as a cat would watch a mouse.

我发现了雄鸡在捉住的窃贼上是好。

I've found out that roosters are good at catching thieves.

阎王不在,小鬼跳梁。猫不在,老鼠成精。

When the cat's away , the mice will play.

这只猫每天为自己捉六只老鼠,因为老塔里到处都是老鼠。

This cat caught half-a-dozen mice every day for herself, for the old tower was full of rats and mice.