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

DEFINITIONS

  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)

CHARACTERS

不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
管 guǎn
HSK 4
pipe, tube, duct; woodwind music
白 bái
HSK 2
white; pure, unblemished; bright
猫 māo
HSK 1
cat
黑 hēi
HSK 2
black; dark; evil, sinister
猫 māo
HSK 1
cat
捉 zhuō
HSK 6
grasp, clutch; catch, seize
住 zhù
HSK 1
reside, live at, dwell, lodge; stop
老 lǎo
HSK 1
old, aged; experienced
鼠 shǔ
HSK 5
rat, mouse; KangXi radical 208
就 jiù
HSK 2
just, simply; to come, go to; to approach, near
是 shì
HSK 1
indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
好 hǎo
HSK 1
good, excellent, fine; well
猫 māo
HSK 1
cat