想方设法 — Chinese idiom
想方设法
xiǎng fāng shè fǎ
Traditional: 想方設法
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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