千方百计

千方百計
qiānfāngbǎijì
lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means

CEDICT

Entry Composition

=1 千 qiān thousand
=1 千 qiān used in 秋千 qiūqiān
2 方 fāng
  1. square
  2. power or involution (math.)
  3. upright
  4. honest
  5. fair and square
  6. direction
  7. side
  8. party (to a contract, dispute etc)
  9. place
  10. method
  11. prescription (medicine)
  12. just when
  13. only or just
  14. classifier for square things
  15. abbr. for square or cubic meter
3 百 bǎi
  1. hundred
  2. numerous
  3. all kinds of
4 计 jì
  1. to calculate
  2. to compute
  3. to count
  4. to regard as important
  5. to plan
  6. ruse
  7. meter
  8. gauge