不择手段

bù zé shǒu duàn · bu ze shou duan

Traditional 不擇手段

Meaning

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

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)为(wèi)了(le)赚(zhuàn)钱(qián)不(bù)择(zé)手(shǒu)段(duàn),最(zuì)后(hòu)失(shī)去(qù)了(le)所(suǒ)有(yǒu)朋(péng)友(yǒu)。

He stopped at nothing to make money, and in the end he lost all his friends.

02

那(nà)家(jiā)公(gōng)司(sī)不(bù)择(zé)手(shǒu)段(duàn)地(de)打(dǎ)压(yā)竞(jìng)争(zhēng)对(duì)手(shǒu),引(yǐn)起(qǐ)了(le)公(gōng)愤(fèn)。

That company unscrupulously suppressed its competitors, which aroused public anger.

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