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头发胡子一把抓

头发胡子一把抓 — “To treat all matters indiscriminately”

头发胡子一把抓 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to treat all matters indiscriminately”. To fail to differentiate or prioritize, often resulting in disorganization or inefficiency. Literally, “Grab hair and beard all at once”.

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头发胡子一把抓 Pronunciation and Pinyin

头发胡子一把抓 Character Breakdown

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
头
tóu5head
发
fa5to issue, send, or develop
胡
hú9reckless, absurd, or foreign
子
zi3son, child, seed, small thing
一
yī1one, a, single, whole
把
bǎ7to hold, to grasp
抓
zhuā7to grasp or seize

Example Sentence with 头发胡子一把抓

新来的实习生在处理文件时有点头发胡子一把抓,需要教他如何分类整理。
The new intern tends to handle documents indiscriminately and needs to be taught how to categorize and organize them.

Idioms Related to 头发胡子一把抓

Synonyms of 头发胡子一把抓

  • méi眉mao毛hú胡zi子yī一bǎ把zhuā抓tackle tasks indiscriminately

More idioms starting with 头

  • tóu头yī一wú无èr二unique and unparalleled
  • tóu头shàng上ān安tóu头needless duplication
  • tóu头shàng上mò末xià下from beginning to end
  • tóu头shàng上zhuó著tóu头to do something superfluous
  • tóu头kuài会jī箕liǎn敛exorbitant and oppressive taxation
  • tóu头kuài会jī箕fù赋harsh poll tax and grain levy
  • tóu头chū出tóu头mò没to follow prevailing trends
  • tóu头tóu头shì是dào道speak or act clearly and logically
  • tóu头zhuàng撞nán南qiáng墙stubbornly persist despite obvious difficulties
  • tóu头hūn昏mù目yūn晕dizzy head, blurry eyes
  • tóu头hūn昏mù目xuàn眩dizzy and blurred vision
  • tóu头hūn昏yǎn眼yūn晕dizzy, light-headed, and blurred vision

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What does 头发胡子一把抓 mean?

头发胡子一把抓 (tóu fa hú zi yī bǎ zhuā) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to treat all matters indiscriminately”.

How do you pronounce 头发胡子一把抓?

头发胡子一把抓 is pronounced tóu fa hú zi yī bǎ zhuā in Mandarin Chinese.

What does 头发胡子一把抓 literally mean?

Literally, 头发胡子一把抓 means “Grab hair and beard all at once”. It is used to mean “to treat all matters indiscriminately”.

What is the Chinese definition of 头发胡子一把抓?

比喻做事不细致,对于不同的问题不能区别对待而是笼统处理

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