只要目的正當，可以不擇手段

Chinese edit

		as long as; provided; so long as	objective; goal; target objective; goal; target; aim; purpose; intention	proper; appropriate; legitimate proper; appropriate; legitimate; reasonable; above board; upright; honest		can; may; can can; may; can; to be able to	to take any measures to do something; to stop at nothing; by hook or by crook to take any measures to do something; to stop at nothing; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously
trad. (只要目的正當，可以不擇手段)		只要	目的	正當	，	可以	不擇手段
simp. (只要目的正当，可以不择手段)		只要	目的	正当	，	可以	不择手段

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐyào mùdì zhèngdàng, kěyǐ bùzéshǒuduàn

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄤˋ , ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² jiu³ muk⁶ dik¹ zing³ dong³, ho² ji⁵ bat¹ zaak⁶ sau² dyun⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐyào mùdì zhèngdàng, kěyǐ bùzéshǒuduàn [Phonetic: zhǐyàomùdìzhèngdàng,kéyǐbùzéshǒuduàn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄤˋ , ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhyào mùdì jhèngdàng, kěyǐ bùzéshǒuduàn
  - Wade–Giles: chih³-yao⁴ mu⁴-ti⁴ chêng⁴-tang⁴, kʻo³-i³ pu⁴-tsê²-shou³-tuan⁴
  - Yale: jř-yàu mù-dì jèng-dàng-, kě-yǐ bù-dzé-shǒu-dwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyyaw muhdih jenqdanq, keeyii butzershoouduann
  - Palladius: чжияо муди чжэндан, кэи буцзэшоудуань (čžijao mudi čžɛndan, kɛi buczɛšouduanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑŋ⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ t͡sɤ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² jiu³ muk⁶ dik¹ zing³ dong³, ho² ji⁵ bat¹ zaak⁶ sau² dyun⁶
  - Yale: jí yiu muhk dīk jing dong, hó yíh bāt jaahk sáu dyuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² jiu³ muk⁹ dik⁷ dzing³ dong³, ho² ji⁵ bat⁷ dzaak⁹ sau² dyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² yiu³ mug⁶ dig¹ jing³ dong³, ho² yi⁵ bed¹ zag⁶ seo² dün⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ jiːu̯³³ mʊk̚² tɪk̚⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³ tɔːŋ³³ hɔː³⁵ jiː¹³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡saːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵ tyːn²²/

Proverb edit

只要目的正當，可以不擇手段

The end justifies the means; all's fair in love and war.