白猫

白貓
báimāo
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 white cat

Examples

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Zhè zhī báimāo de yǎnjīng yī zhī lán yī zhī huáng.
This white cat has one blue eye and one yellow eye.
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Bùguǎn hēimāo báimāo, néng zhuā lǎoshǔ jiùshì hǎo māo.
Black cat or white cat - if it catches mice, it's a good cat.

Tips

culture
Paired with 黑猫 in Deng Xiaoping's famous pragmatism slogan 不管黑猫白猫老鼠就是. Pure-white cats with two different-colored eyes (鸳鸯眼) are especially prized and are a common trait in the native Chinese 山东狮子 (Shandong Lion Cat).

Stroke Order

bái
māo