想方设法

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

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 想 xiǎng
  1. to think (about)
  2. to think of; to devise
  3. to think (that); to believe (that)
  4. to desire; to want (to)
  5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
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 设法 shèfǎ
  1. to try
  2. to make an attempt
  3. to think of a way (to accomplish sth)