手段
shǒu duàn
Pinyin
Definition
手段
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- method
- means (of doing sth)
- strategy
- trick
- CL:個|个[gè]
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to part company
- 2 to split up
- 3 to break up
- 1 Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
- 2 popular variant of 人馬座|人马座[Rén mǎ zuò]
- 1 surname Duan
Idioms (20)
一手交钱,一手交货
- 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
- 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
- 3 simple and direct transaction
一折两段
- 1 to split sth into two (idiom)
七手八脚
- 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
上下其手
- 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
- 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
不怕神一样的对手,就怕猪一样的队友
- 1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)
Sample Sentences
你说的倒也有道理,“贴标签”、“下定义”的举动确实太过草率,有失偏颇。尤其常常用来作为批评某类人的手段,不但不负责任也有人身攻击的嫌疑。
That makes sense, the action of "labeling" or "defining" is really done too carelessly, and is quite biased. Especially given that it's often used as a method to criticize a certain type of person. This is not only irresponsible but could also be seen as a personal attack.
没错啊。我都觉得没什么心情过中秋节了。现在各种节日已经成为商家推销商品的一种手段,不仅传统节日要过,西方节日也要过。过完圣诞过新年,过完新年过春节,过完春节还有元宵节呢!简直是没完没了了。
Yeah. I don't even really feel like celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival. These days, every holiday has become just another method for businesses to flog their products. We don't just have to celebrate the traditional holidays, we also have to celebrate Western ones, too. As soon as you're done with Christmas, you have to celebrate the New Year, and after that it's Chinese New Year, and then the Lantern Festival. It just doesn't let up!
花招(好看、漂亮但是没有用的动作;骗人的手段或办法)
a fancy move; pretty but useless moves; method or ways to scam someone.
为了救活一个病人,医生使出一切的手段。
A doctor will do anything she can to save a patient's life.
手段(用来解决问题、达到目的的方法、做法)
a means of solving a problem; a way to achieve a goal; method
不择手段
by any means necessary; by fair or foul means
那个人手段很厉害。
That person really knows a trick or two.
捐钱是他逃税的手段。
Charitable donations are a way for him to avoid tax.
他使了一点手段,就把土地买卖纠纷这么复杂的问题解决了,真厉害!
By using a bit of strategy, he solved the complex land sale dispute, how amazing!
欸!这是哪门子的积极啊!你究竟活得多痛苦啊?这手段也太极端了吧!
Oh no! What kind of way is that to assert yourself! How miserable is your life? That's a little extreme!