想方設法 xiǎng fāng shè fǎ

DEFINITIONS

  1. to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means
  2. to try this, that and the other

CHARACTERS

想 xiǎng think, speculate, plan, consider
方 fāng a square, rectangle; a region; local
設 shè build; establish; display; particle of hypothesis, supposing
法 fǎ law, rule, regulation, statute; France, French