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手段

shǒu duàn

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

手段 (shǒu duàn) means "method; means (of doing sth); strategy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 手段 means

1. method; way; means (of doing sth)
2. skill; ability
3. trick; wile

The characters in 手段

• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 段duànparagraph; section; segment

Example sentences

• 英语是一种沟通的手段。
  English is a means of communication.
• 他们尽一切手段避免战争。
  Tāmen jìn yīqiè shǒuduàn bìmiǎn zhànzhēng.
  They explored every avenue in an attempt to avoid war.
• 为了正当目的可以不择手段。
  Wèile zhèngdāng mùdì kěyǐ bùzéshǒuduàn.
  The end justifies the means.
• 语言是人们与他人交流的手段。
  Yǔyán shì rénmen yǔ tārén jiāoliú de shǒuduàn.
  Language is the means by which people communicate with others.
• 是你该放弃你幼稚手段的时候了。
  Shì nǐ gāi fàngqì nǐ yòuzhì shǒuduàn de shíhou le.
  It is time you left off your childish ways.
• 为了正当目的并非总是可以不择手段.
  Wèile zhèngdāng mùdì bìngfēi zǒngshì kěyǐ bùzéshǒuduàn.
  The end does not always justify the means.

Words containing 手段

• 不择手段bù zé shǒu duànby fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously
• 非常手段fēi cháng shǒu duànan emergency measure
• 高压手段gāo yā shǒu duànhigh-handed (measures); with a heavy hand

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