不擇手段

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
• Min Nan (POJ): put-te̍k-chhiú-tōaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùzéshǒuduàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butzershoouduann
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ t͡sɤ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ zaak⁶ sau² dyun⁶
    • Yale: bāt jaahk sáu dyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ dzaak⁹ sau² dyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ zag⁶ seo² dün⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡säːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵ tyːn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, mainstream 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

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