不择手段 bùzéshǒuduàn

HSK level

Traditional form

不擇手段

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ

不 bù

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⿱一 yī ？

Number of Strokes

择 zé

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 shǒu represents the meaning and 睪 yì represents the sound. The simplified character 择 zé was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 擇 zé .

Positional decomposition

⿰扌 shǒu ？

Number of Strokes

手 shǒu

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand with five fingers.

Positional decomposition

？

Number of Strokes

段 Duàn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand holding a forging hammer (殳 shū ) and hitting a stone (石 Shí ). Based on the original meaning "forge", now written as 鍛 duàn . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⿰？殳 shū

Number of Strokes

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他 tā 在 zài 设法 shè fǎ 得到 dé dào 自己 zìjǐ 的 de 中意 Zhōng Yì 之物时会不择手段 bùzéshǒuduàn 。

He was extremely devious in his efforts to achieve his heart's desire.

辛普森 Xīn pǔ sēn 不择手段 bùzéshǒuduàn 的 de 勃勃 bó bó 野心 yěxīn 和 hé 自 zì 抬 tái 身价 shēn jià 的 de 毛病 máobìng 使 shǐ 他 tā 没能成为 chéngwéi 英国广播公司 Yīng guó Guǎng bō Gōng sī 最 zuì 受欢迎 shòu huān yíng 的 de 记者 jìzhě 。

Simpson's ruthless ambition and weakness for self-promotion has not made him the most popular journalist in the BBC.

我们 wǒmen 应该 yīnggāi 为 wéi 得到 dé dào 自己 zìjǐ 想要 xiǎng yào 的 de 而 ér 不择手段 bùzéshǒuduàn ，奋力 fèn lì 争取 zhēngqǔ 。

We're expected to hustle and fight for what we want.

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