不择手段 (不擇手段)
bù zé shǒu duàn
Pinyin
Definition
不择手段 (不擇手段)
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- by fair means or foul
- by hook or by crook
- unscrupulously
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 (negative prefix)
- 2 not
- 3 no
- 1 a skill
- 2 mastery of a trade
- 3 by oneself
- 4 without outside help
- 1 to obtain
- 2 to master
- 3 overhand (serve etc)
- 4 seat of honor
- 1 to start
- 2 to put one's hand to
- 3 to set about
- 4 the seat to the right of the main guest
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
- 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
- 2 spotless
一字不提
- 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive