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眉毛胡子一把抓

méi mao hú zi yī bǎ zhuādictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
careless / any-old-how, regardless of the specific task
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-c841364b5568903f. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

眉毛鬍子一把抓 眉毛胡子一把抓 [mei2 mao5 hu2 zi5 yi1 ba3 zhua1] /careless/any-old-how, regardless of the specific task/

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Other forms in these source records: 眉毛鬍子一把抓

  • 眉
    méi

    eyebrow / upper margin

  • 毛
    máo

    hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiǎo] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fēn])

    Máo

    surname Mao

  • 胡
    hú

    non-Han people, esp. from central Asia / reckless / outrageous / what? / why? / to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hú]) / used in 衚衕|胡同[hú tòng] / beard / mustache / whiskers

    Hú

    surname Hu

  • 子
    zǐ

    son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub-

    zi

    noun suffix, as in 椅子[yǐ zi] "chair"

  • 一
    yī

    one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

  • 把
    bǎ

    to hold / to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[bǎ] + {noun} + {verb})

    bà

    handle

  • 抓
    zhuā

    to grab / to catch / to arrest / to snatch / to scratch

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.