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手段

Mandarin · pinyin shǒu duàn

Meanings

  1. method; way; means (of doing sth)
  2. skill; ability
  3. trick; wile
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手
shǒu · hand
段
duàn · section, piece, division
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3–4 · shou3 duan4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sau2 dyun6

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noun

  1. procedure; method; means (to an end)
  2. skill; ability; technique
  3. (derogatory) trick; trickery; strategy; artifice

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