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English

1. by fair means or foul
2. by fair means or foul; be unscrupulous; stopping at nothing
3. by hook or by crook
4. unscrupulously

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 為咗做到一樣嘢，咩事都做得出。

Examples

• 梁同學為咗選到學生會主席而不擇手段，利用學生報唱衰唐同學上堂玩電話單嘢。但係，佢自己夠有啦。

  Leung resorted to underhanded tactics to become student union chairperson, using the student newspaper to criticize Tang's misbehavior during lessons - playing with his phone in class. However, he was guilty of the same conduct.

• 為了正當目的可以不擇手段。

  The end justifies the means.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 為了正當目的並非總是可以不擇手段.

  The end does not always justify the means.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY