千方百計 qiān fāng bǎi jì

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means

CHARACTERS

千 qiān thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
方 fāng a square, rectangle; a region; local
百 bǎi one hundred; numerous, many
計 jì plan, plot; stratagem; scheme