想方设法

Traditional: 想方設法

xiǎng fāng shè fǎ

Dictionary entry

to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means

What does 想方设法 mean?

想方设法 (xiǎng fāng shè fǎ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means

2to try this, that and the other

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想xiǎngto think (about) · to think of; to devise 方Fāngsurname Fang 设shèto set up; to put in place · (math.) given; suppose; if 法fǎvariant of 法[fa3]

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想方设法

xiǎng fāng shè fǎ

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