想方设法 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

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

Character by character

• 想xiǎngto believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to
• 方fāngsquare, rectangle; side; region; flag
• 设shèto build, to design; to establish; to offer
• 法fǎlaw, rule, statute; method, way; French

Idioms sharing a character

• 可想而知 kě xiǎng ér zhī
• 左思右想 zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
• 心想事成 xīn xiǎng shì chéng
• 思来想去 sī lái xiǎng qù
• 思前想后 sī qián xiǎng hòu
• 想入非非 xiǎng rù fēi fēi
• 朝思暮想 zhāo sī mù xiǎng
• 异想天开 yì xiǎng tiān kāi
• 痴心妄想 chī xīn wàng xiǎng
• 突发奇想 tū fā qí xiǎng

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