管

variant of 管[guan3]

surname Guan

to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards

"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)

surname Guan

government official / governmental / official / public / organ of the body / CL:個|个[ge4]

bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118

not to be concerned / regardless of / no matter

in any case / no matter what

to pay scant regard to (sth) / unheeding / reckless

of undetermined status / unregulated

regardless of the consequences / recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast

drainpipe

triplet

triode (vacuum tube or transistor)

it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)

lit. it is not an official to be feared, but a person in direct control over sb (proverb) / fig. to be obliged to comply with people in authority