VocabularyHSK 3 · core

办法

bànfǎ

way, method

Part of speech · noun

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法method

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Examples

我们想个办法吧。
Let's think of a way.
没办法。
No way / can't help it.

Collocations

想办法没办法好办法

Mnemonic

办法 bànfǎ "method, way" — 办 (handle, traditional 辦) + 法 (way). 没办法 méi bànfǎ is the idiomatic "no way / can't help it". Distinct from 方法 fāngfǎ (more abstract "method").

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"Can't help it" idiom?