想方设法

想方設法

xiǎngfāngshèfǎ

idiom HSK 7 #9,795

Meanings

Literally 'think of methods, devise ways'

Tā xiǎngfāngshèfǎ de jiějué le zhège wèntí.

He tried every means to solve this problem.

Wǒmen yào xiǎngfāngshèfǎ bāngzhù tā.

We must do everything possible to help him.

Piànzi xiǎngfāngshèfǎ piànqǔ nǐ de qián.

Scammers try every means to cheat you out of your money.

memory

Think (想) of methods (方), devise (设) ways (法) — both 方 and 法 mean 'method', doubling the emphasis on finding every possible approach.

想 xiǎng

方 fāng

设 shè

法 fǎ