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From :   Lee Kong

Date : 2009-08-23 / 10:37PM

Benny, have a look at the following dialog:

女儿:请取消招女婿

父亲:不要

女儿:这样也没用啊
爸爸就算带任何男人来 我都不结婚

父亲:我真怀念我女儿韩美秀5年前的样子,你现在不是我女儿的样子了,能变回以前的话我就不用手段方法了

What does “手段方法” means in “我就不用手段方法了”?

According to dictionary, both mean “手段” and “方法” have the same meaning i.e. method or way, then why it is repeated twice?

Thanks!

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-08-24 / 11:26AM

Hi Lee Kong,

手段 and 方法could be used together to emphasize the situation.

Usually 手段 is “negative”, it will be considered as “bad trick”

Benny



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