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不择手段

bù zé shǒu duàn

HSK 6 4-character word Traditional 不擇手段

What 不择手段 means

1. by fair means or foul
2. by hook or by crook
3. unscrupulously

The characters in 不择手段

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 择zéto select; to choose; to pick over
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 段duànparagraph; section; segment

Example sentences

• 为了正当目的可以不择手段。
  Wèile zhèngdāng mùdì kěyǐ bùzéshǒuduàn.
  The end justifies the means.
• 为了正当目的并非总是可以不择手段.
  Wèile zhèngdāng mùdì bìngfēi zǒngshì kěyǐ bùzéshǒuduàn.
  The end does not always justify the means.

Where 不择手段 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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