不擇手段

Chinese

		not; no	pick over; to select; to choose pick over; to select; to choose; to pick	procedure; method; means procedure; method; means; skill; ability; technique
trad. (不擇手段)		不	擇	手段
simp. (不择手段)		不	择	手段

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùzéshǒuduàn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ zaak⁶ sau² dyun⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-te̍k-chhiú-tōaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùzéshǒuduàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùzéshǒuduàn
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-tsê²-shou³-tuan⁴
  - Yale: bù-dzé-shǒu-dwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butzershoouduann
  - Palladius: буцзэшоудуань (buczɛšouduanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡sɤ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ zaak⁶ sau² dyun⁶
  - Yale: bāt jaahk sáu dyuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzaak⁹ sau² dyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ zag⁶ seo² dün⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡saːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵ tyːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-te̍k-chhiú-tōaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: put-ti̍k-tshiú-tuānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putdegchiw'dvoa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tuã³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuã³³/

Idiom

不擇手段

(derogatory) to take any measures to do something; to stop at nothing; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously

Derived terms

只要目的正當，可以不擇手段／只要目的正当，可以不择手段 (zhǐyào mùdì zhèngdàng, kěyǐ bùzéshǒuduàn)

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