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不擇手段

简不择手段 · 繁不擇手段

Mandarin · pinyin bù zé shǒu duàn

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4–2–3–4 · bu4 ze2 shou3 duan4

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bat1 zaak6 sau2 dyun6

Cantonese word readings for 不擇手段. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

bat1 zaak6 sau2 dyun6

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

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