手段

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

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 手 shǒu
  1. hand
  2. (formal) to hold
  3. person engaged in certain types of work
  4. person skilled in certain types of work
  5. personal(ly)
  6. convenient
  7. classifier for skill

classifiers: 雙, 隻
2 段 duàn
  1. paragraph
  2. section
  3. segment
  4. stage (of a process)
  5. classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc