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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

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

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頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
髮: fà · fǎ · hair
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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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2–5–2–5–1–3–1 · tou2 fa5 hu2 zi5 yi1 ba3 zhua1

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