[shǒu duàn]
（方法） means; medium; measure; method; approach; lever; machinery; plan; resource; road; device; engine; tool; weapon
by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously
不擇手段
high-handed measures
高壓手段
coercive method; coercion
強制手段
Fiction writing as a means of living is no easy task.
寫小說作為一種謀生手段絕非易事。
a dishonourable trick; a scurvy trick; an underhand trick
卑鄙手段
resort to all sorts of tricks; use every artifice
采用種種手段
play tricks
耍手段