想尽

想盡

xiǎngjìn

verb #20,738

Meanings

1 to think of every possible way
2 to exhaust one's ideas

Characters

to think / to consider

to exhaust / to use up

Examples

他想尽办法解决这个问题。

Tā xiǎngjìn bànfǎ jiějué zhège wèntí.

He tried every possible way to solve this problem.

我们想尽一切方法，还是没能找到答案。

Wǒmen xiǎngjìn yīqiè fāngfǎ, háishi méi néng zhǎodào dá'àn.

We exhausted every method but still couldn't find the answer.

Tips

usage

想尽 almost always appears before 办法 (bànfǎ, 'methods') or 一切方法, forming the fixed pattern 想尽办法 meaning 'to try every means possible'.

Stroke Order

想 xiǎng

尽 jǐn