不择手段 meaning and pronunciation

不择手段
Simplified word
不擇手段
Traditional word

不择手段 English definition

bù zé shǒu duàn

  • by fair means or foul
  • by hook or by crook
  • unscrupulously

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Characters

  • 不 (bù): (negative prefix); not; no;
  • 择 (zé): to select; to choose; to pick over; to pick out; to differentiate; to eliminate; also pr. [zhai2];
  • 手 (shǒu): hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1];
  • 段 (duàn): paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc;