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(bàn fǎ) - method, way, means, solution in Mandarin

bàn

Traditional: 辦法

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Translation

method, way, means, solution

Word origin

A two-character word: 办 'to manage, to handle' plus 法 'method, law' (water radical 氵with 去 as the other element). Together 办法 means a method or way of doing something.

Origin
compound
Root
办 (manage) + 法 (氵water + 去)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 办

Stroke order for 法

Examples

What good solutions do you have?

There is no way.

We have to think of a method.

There is no other way.

办法 (bàn fǎ) - method, way, means, solution.

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