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手段

shǒu duàn · shou duan

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Meaning

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  1. method; way; means (of doing sth)
  2. skill; ability
  3. trick; wile
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The shoes by the door

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)每天(měitiān)都(dōu)跑步(pǎobù)？用(yòng)了(le)什么(shénme)手段(shǒuduàn)？

    You run every day? What trick do you use?

  2. Liangliang

    手段(shǒuduàn)很(hěn)简单(jiǎndān)：我(wǒ)把(bǎ)鞋(xié)放(fàng)在(zài)门口(ménkǒu)。

    The trick is simple: I put my shoes by the door.

  3. Dengdeng

    就(jiù)这个(zhège)？这(zhè)算(suàn)什么(shénme)手段(shǒuduàn)？

    Just that? What kind of trick is that?

  4. Liangliang

    看见(kànjiàn)鞋(xié)，就(jiù)想(xiǎng)出去(chūqù)。你(nǐ)试试(shìshì)。

    See the shoes and you want to go out. Try it.

  5. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)！我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)就(jiù)把(bǎ)鞋(xié)放(fàng)在(zài)门口(ménkǒu)。

    OK! I'll put my shoes by the door today.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

减(jiǎn)税(shuì)常(cháng)被(bèi)用(yòng)作(zuò)刺(cì)激(jī)经(jīng)济(jì)的(de)主(zhǔ)要(yào)财(cái)政(zhèng)手(shǒu)段(duàn)。

Tax cuts are often used as a major fiscal tool to stimulate the economy.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by handsomelyian · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

为(wèi)了(le)达(dá)到(dào)目(mù)的(dì)，他(tā)不(bù)惜(xī)使(shǐ)用(yòng)各(gè)种(zhǒng)手(shǒu)段(duàn)。

In order to achieve his goal, he did not hesitate to use all kinds of methods.

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