他用了一些手段来和Nancy私下交谈。

He contrived a means of speaking to Nancy privately.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他用 tāyòng
  1. other use
  2. other purpose
=2 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=2 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=2 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=2 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
3 一些 yīxiē some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
4 手段 shǒuduàn
  1. method; way; means (of doing sth)
  2. skill; ability
  3. trick; wile
5 来 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以來 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 chībulái)
=6 和 hé old variant of 和 hé
=6 和 Hé surname He
=6 和 hé
  1. (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn)
  2. (math.) sum
  3. to make peace
  4. (sports) to draw; to tie
  5. (bound form) harmonious
  6. (bound form) Japan; Japanese
=6 和 hè
  1. to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence
  2. to join in the singing
  3. to chime in with others
=6 和 hú to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
=6 和 huó
  1. to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water
  2. Taiwan pr. huò
=6 和 huò
  1. to mix (ingredients) together
  2. to blend
  3. classifier for rinses of clothes
  4. classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
=6 和 hé (literary) harmonious (variant of 和 hé)
=6 和 huo
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) warm
  2. warm
7
N
Not in lexicon.
8
a
Not in lexicon.
9
n
Not in lexicon.
10
c
Not in lexicon.
11
y
Not in lexicon.
12 私下 sīxià in private
13 交谈 jiāotán
  1. to discuss; to converse
  2. chat; discussion