不择手段
bù​zé​shǒu​duàn

by hook or by crook

  • created sense approved 不择手段/不擇手段 · bù​zé​shǒu​duàn · by hook or by crook — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不择手段 / 不擇手段

    bù​zé​shǒu​duàn

    by hook or by crook

    by hook or by crook; unscrupulously; to use any means, fair or foul, to achieve a goal (usually used in a negative sense)

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 择 (literal) → 择/擇 · zé · to choose 手段 (literal) → 手段 · shǒu​duàn · means

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense