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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 不择手段
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 不择手段 | bù zé shǒu duàn | - by fair means or foul - by hook or by crook - unscrupulously |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | - | 8,650 | 24,556 | 20,637 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 择 | zé | - to select - to choose - to pick over - to pick out - to differentiate - to eliminate - also pr. [zhai2] |
| 手 | shǒu | - hand - (formal) to hold - person engaged in certain types of work - person skilled in certain types of work - personal(ly) - convenient - classifier for skill - CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 段 | duàn | - surname Duan |
| 段 | duàn | - paragraph - section - segment - stage (of a process) - classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc |
Other Words Containing 不择手段
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 不择手段 | 6 | - | 8,650 | 24,556 | 20,637 |