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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

不择手段 [bùzéshǒuduàn]
  1. 1. [贬] go to any lengths
    为了发财,他不择手段
    He'll go to any lengths to get rich.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不择手段 [bùzéshǒuduàn]
  1. 1. by fair means or foul; by hook or (by) crook; unscrupulously
    他为了达到个人目的可以不择手段
    He'd stop at nothing (or stoop to anything) to get what he wants.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

不择手段 [bùzéshǒuduàn]
  1. 1. 为达到某种目的,什么样的坏手段都可以使出来。

Examples

只要有利可图,奸商就会不择手段去获取利润。
As long as something is profitable, the unscrupulous merchant will use every means in his power to get the profit.
不择手段
I am to get it back by fair means or foul.
我将不择手段把它拿回来。
He would stoop to any device to win a point.
为了能赢上一分,他会不择手段

Word Decomposition


[bù]
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[zé]
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[shǒu]
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[duàn]

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