头发胡子一把抓 tóu fa hú zi yī bǎ zhuā

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. hair and beard all in one stroke
  2. fig. to handle different things by the same method
  3. one method to solve all problems
  4. one size fits all

CHARACTERS

头 tóu head; top; chief, first; boss
发 fa issue, dispatch, send out; hair
胡 hú recklessly, foolishly; wildly
子 zi offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch
一 yī one; a, an; alone
把 bǎ hold, take; guard; regard as
抓 zhuā scratch; clutch, seize, grab