办法 辦法 bàn fǎ means / method / way (of doing sth) / CL:條|条[tiao2],個|个[ge4] syn 方法 fāng fǎ method / way / means / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 暴力 bào lì violence / force / violent syn 手段 shǒu duàn method / way / means (of doing sth) / skill / ability / trick / wile syn 术 術 shù method / technique syn 做法 zuò fǎ way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice / CL:個|个[ge4] 风暴 風暴 fēng bào storm / violent commotion / fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc) syn 法子 fǎ zi way / method / Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5] syn 强暴 強暴 qiáng bào violent / to rape syn 突击 突擊 tū jī sudden and violent attack / assault / fig. rushed job / concentrated effort to finish a job quickly syn 法式 fǎ shì rule / method / model 想方设法 想方設法 xiǎng fāng shè fǎ to think up every possible method (idiom) / to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other syn 联想 聯想 lián xiǎng to associate (cognitively) / to make an associative connection / mental association / word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs 算法 suàn fǎ arithmetic / algorithm / method of calculation 行凶 行兇 xíng xiōng violent crime / to commit a violent act (assault or murder) syn 猛烈 měng liè fierce / violent / vigorous / intense syn 剧烈 劇烈 jù liè violent / acute / severe / fierce syn 凶猛 兇猛 xiōng měng fierce / violent / ferocious syn 路径 路徑 lù jìng path / route / method / ways and means syn 窍门 竅門 qiào mén a trick / an ingenious method / know-how / the knack (of doing sth) syn 路子 lù zi method / way / approach syn 套路 tào lù sequence of movements in martial arts / routine / pattern / standard method syn 毙命 斃命 bì mìng to meet violent death / to get killed syn 惨死 慘死 cǎn sǐ to die tragically / to meet with a violent death 套子 tào zi sheath / case / cover / conventional method / cliché / trick / (coll.) condom syn 死于非命 死於非命 sǐ yú fēi mìng violent death (idiom) / to die in a disaster / an unnatural death syn 迅猛 xùn měng quick and violent syn 凶悍 兇悍 xiōng hàn violent / fierce and tough / shrewish (woman) syn 作法 zuò fǎ course of action / method of doing sth / practice / modus operandi 悍妇 悍婦 hàn fù violent woman / shrew syn 狂飙 狂飆 kuáng biāo hurricane / violent reform or revolution / violent movement or force syn 有方 yǒu fāng to do things right / to use the correct method syn 指法 zhǐ fǎ (music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method 近道 jìn dào shortcut / a quicker method syn 法门 法門 fǎ mén gate to enlightment (Buddhism) / Buddhism / way / method / (old) south gate of a palace syn 技法 jì fǎ technique / method syn 唱法 chàng fǎ singing style / singing method 归纳 歸納 guī nà to sum up / to summarize / to conclude from facts / induction (method of deduction in logic) syn 辩证法 辯證法 biàn zhèng fǎ dialectics / dialectic or Socratic method of debate 鏖战 鏖戰 áo zhàn bitter fighting / a violent battle syn 暴烈 bào liè violent / fierce syn 暴风骤雨 暴風驟雨 bào fēng zhòu yǔ violent wind and rainstorm / hurricane / tempest syn 解法 jiě fǎ solution (to a math problem) / method of solving 教学法 教學法 jiào xué fǎ teaching method / pedagogy 制式 zhì shì standardized / standard (service, method etc) / regulation (clothing etc) / formulaic / (telecommunications etc) system / format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals) 走弯路 走彎路 zǒu wān lù to take an indirect route / to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method 教法 jiào fǎ teaching method / teachings / doctrine 画法 畫法 huà fǎ painting technique / drawing method 土法 tǔ fǎ traditional method 豪雨 háo yǔ violent rain (e.g. due to monsoon or typhoon) / cloudburst syn 填鸭式 填鴨式 tián yā shì force feeding (as a teaching method) 变法 變法 biàn fǎ to change the laws / political reform / unconventional method syn 路数 路數 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story syn 工笔 工筆 gōng bǐ gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description 输入法 輸入法 shū rù fǎ input method 想办法 想辦法 xiǎng bàn fǎ to think of a method 五笔 五筆 wǔ bǐ abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983 解决办法 解決辦法 jiě jué bàn fǎ solution / method to settle an issue 三级片 三級片 sān jí piàn third category movie (containing sexual or violent content) 操作方法 cāo zuò fāng fǎ method of operation 分析法 fēn xī fǎ the analytic method / analytic reasoning 生猛 shēng měng full of life / violent / brave / fresh (of seafood) 五笔字型 五筆字型 wǔ bǐ zì xíng five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983 五笔输入法 五筆輸入法 wǔ bǐ shū rù fǎ five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983 开光 開光 kāi guāng eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy) 法儿 法兒 fǎ r way / method / means / Taiwan pr. [fa1 r5] 有限元 yǒu xiàn yuán finite element (method) 双拼 雙拼 shuāng pīn (computing) double pinyin (input method where the user types no more than two keystrokes per character, one for the initial and one for the final) 激将法 激將法 jī jiàng fǎ indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task) 仓颉 倉頡 cāng jié Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of Chinese writing / (computing) Cangjie input method 暴力犯罪 bào lì fàn zuì violent crime 归纳法 歸納法 guī nà fǎ induction (method of deduction in logic) 食法 shí fǎ cooking method 拔罐 bá guàn cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics) 描红 描紅 miáo hóng to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write) / paper printed with red characters to trace over 虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4] 非命 fēi mìng unnatural death / violent death 狂 kuáng mad / wild / violent syn 铁 鐵 tiě iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang) syn 猛 měng ferocious / fierce / violent / brave / suddenly / abrupt / (slang) awesome syn 暴 bào sudden / violent / cruel / to show or expose / to injure syn 激 jī to arouse / to incite / to excite / to stimulate / sharp / fierce / violent syn 横 橫 héng horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent syn 飙 飆 biāo whirlwind / violent wind 酿 釀 niàng to ferment / to brew / to make honey (of bees) / to lead to / to form gradually / wine / stuffed vegetables (cooking method) syn 此路不通 cǐ lù bù tōng this road is blocked / fig. This method does not work. / Doing this is no good. 恶浪 惡浪 è làng violent wave / fierce billow / fig. depraved force 触诊 觸診 chù zhěn body palpation (diagnostic method in TCM) / tactile examination 满堂灌 滿堂灌 mǎn táng guàn cramming (as a teaching method) / rote learning 老虎凳 lǎo hǔ dèng tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse) 王永民 wáng yǒng mín Wang Yongmin (1943-), inventor of the five stroke input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法[wu3 bi3 shu1 ru4 fa3] 横暴 橫暴 hèng bào brutal / violent syn 字根表 zì gēn biǎo table of components used in wubi input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法[wu3 bi3 shu1 ru4 fa3] 鏖 áo violent fighting 星流电击 星流電擊 xīng liú diàn jī meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom) / omens of violent development / portentous signs 星流霆击 星流霆擊 xīng liú tíng jī meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom) / omens of violent development / portentous signs 天崩地裂 tiān bēng dì liè heaven falls and earth rends (idiom) / rocked by a major disaster / fig. violent revolution / major social upheaval syn 因利乘便 yīn lì chéng biàn (idiom) to rely on the most favorable method 