想方设法想方設法

xiǎng fāng shè fǎ

HSK level: HSK 7–9

Meaning

to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other

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Characters

想xiǎngto believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to think相心方fāngsquare, rectangle; side; region; flag亠设shèto build, to design; to establish; to offer讠殳法fǎlaw, rule, statute; method, way; French氵去

Examples

她想方设法以一己之力完成了工作。

tā xiǎng fāng shè fǎ yǐ yī jǐ zhī lì wán chéng le gōng zuò。

She managed to finish the work on her own.