不管黑猫白猫，能捉老鼠就是好猫。

Whether it's white or black, a cat that chases mice is a good cat.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 不管 bùguǎn
  1. not to be concerned
  2. regardless of
  3. no matter
2 黑猫 hēimāo black cat
=3 白 Bái surname Bai
=3 白 bái
  1. white
  2. snowy
  3. pure
  4. bright
  5. empty
  6. blank
  7. plain
  8. clear
  9. to make clear
  10. in vain
  11. gratuitous
  12. free of charge
  13. reactionary
  14. anti-communist
  15. funeral
  16. to stare coldly
  17. to write wrong character
  18. to state
  19. to explain
  20. vernacular
  21. spoken lines in opera
=4 猫 māo
  1. (dialect) to hide oneself
  2. (loanword) (coll.) modem

classifier: 隻
=4 猫 máo used in 猫腰 máoyāo
=5 能 Néng surname Neng
=5 能 néng
  1. can
  2. to be able to
  3. might possibly
  4. ability
  5. (physics) energy
=5 能 nài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 耐 (“to bear; to withstand”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 耐 (“to bear; to withstand”)
=5 能 tái
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 台 (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
  2. alternative form of 台 (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
=5 能 tài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 態 /态 (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
  2. alternative form of 態 /态 (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
=5 能 nái
  1. (obsolete) mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
  2. mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
=5 能 tāi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
  2. only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
=5 能 xióng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 熊 (xióng, “bear”)
  2. alternative form of 熊 (xióng, “bear”)
6 捉 zhuō
  1. to clutch
  2. to grab
  3. to capture
7 老鼠 lǎoshǔ
  1. (archaic dialectal, Guilin Mandarin) bat (animal)
  2. (countable) mouse and rat in general (Classifier: 隻／只 m c h)
  3. bat (animal)
  4. cunning, deceitful person
  5. mouse and rat in general (Classifier: 隻／只 m c h)

classifier: 隻
8 就是 jiùshì
  1. exactly; precisely
  2. only; simply; just
  3. (used correlatively with 也 yě) even; even if
=9 好 hǎo
  1. good
  2. appropriate; proper
  3. all right!
  4. (before a verb) easy to
  5. (before a verb) good to
  6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so
  7. (verb complement indicating completion)
  8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms
  9. (after a personal pronoun) hello
=9 好 hào to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
=10 猫 māo
  1. (dialect) to hide oneself
  2. (loanword) (coll.) modem

classifier: 隻
=10 猫 máo used in 猫腰 máoyāo