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頭髮鬍子一把抓
简 头发胡子一把抓 · 繁 頭髮鬍子一把抓Mandarin · pinyin tóu fa hú zi yī bǎ zhuā
Meanings
- lit. hair and beard all in one stroke
- fig. to handle different things by the same method
- one method to solve all problems
- one size fits all
Characters in this entry
- 頭
- tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
- 髮
- fà · fǎ · hair
- 鬍
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- 子
- zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
- 一
- yī · one; a, an; alone
- 把
- bǎ · hold, take; guard; regard as
- 抓
- zhuā · scratch; clutch, seize, grab
- 头
- tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
- 发
- fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair
- 胡
- hú · recklessly, foolishly; wildly
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Mandarin tones
2–5–2–5–1–3–1 · tou2 fa5 hu2 zi5 yi1 ba3 zhua1
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tau4 faat3 wu4 zi2 jat1 baa2 zaau2
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