想方设法 |
xiǎng fāng shè fǎ |
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other |
想 |
xiǎng |
to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) / to desire; to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) |
方 |
Fāng |
surname Fang |
方 |
fāng |
square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter |
设 |
shè |
to set up; to put in place / (math.) given; suppose; if |
设法 |
shè fǎ |
to try / to make an attempt / to think of a way (to accomplish sth) |
法 |
fǎ |
variant of 法 |
法 |
Fǎ |
France / French / abbr. for 法国 / Taiwan pr. [Fa4] |
法 |
fǎ |
law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉) |
法 |
fǎ |
old variant of 法 / law |