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手段
shǒu duàn
HSK 3.0 · 5
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shǒu duàn · sau2 dyun6 (Jyutping)
- method; way; means (of doing sth)
- skill; ability
- trick; wile
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Character breakdown
手
- Meaning
- hand
- Radical
- 手
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ？
- Cangjie
- Q
- Four-corner
- 2050.0
段
- Meaning
- section, piece, division
- Radical
- 殳
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿰？殳
- Cangjie
- HJHNE
- Four-corner
- 7744.7
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Example sentences
The end justifies the means.
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