黑猫

黑貓
hēimāo
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 black cat

Examples

Xīfāng rènwéi hēimāo huì dàilái èyùn.
In the West, black cats are thought to bring bad luck.
Dèng Xiǎopíng shuōguò: bùguǎn hēimāo báimāo, néng zhuā lǎoshǔ jiù shì hǎomāo.
Deng Xiaoping said: it doesn't matter if it's a black cat or a white cat — if it catches mice, it's a good cat.

Tips

culture
Deng Xiaoping's 黑猫白猫 theory (1962, popularized in the 1980s) — 不管黑猫白猫老鼠就是 — became the defining slogan of Chinese economic reform, meaning ideology matters less than results.

In Pop Culture

黑猫警长 Hēimāo Jǐngzhǎng
Black Cat Detective
Classic 1984 Shanghai Animation Film Studio cartoon — a core nostalgic touchstone for Chinese millennials.

Stroke Order

hēi
māo