招数 (zhāo shù) — (in chess, martial arts, or performance) a move, a technique; (figurative) a trick, a scheme, a method (often implying cleverness or manipulation)
Definition
招数 refers to a specific 'move' or 'trick' — concrete, countable, often implying cleverness. Unlike 技术 or 技巧, which name a skill or method, 招数 points to a particular tactic you deploy.
noun
(in chess, martial arts, or performance) a movea technique(figurative) a tricka schemea method (often implying cleverness or manipulation)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 招数，。Tā zhè bù qí de zhāo shù hěn lì hài, wǒ yì shí jiān méi kàn chū lái.His chess move was very clever; I didn't see it coming.
- 招数，。Zuò shēng yi bù néng zhǐ yòng lǎo zhāo shù, yào bú duàn chuàng xīn cái xíng.In business you can't just use old tricks — you have to keep innovating.
- ，招数。Duì fu zhè zhǒng rén, nǐ dé xiǎng chū gèng gāo míng de zhāo shù.To deal with this kind of person, you need to come up with a more clever method.
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