想方设法

/ xiǎng fāng shèfǎ /

Strokes

Definition

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

Definition

try all/every means; do everything possible; try by hook or by crook; rack one's brains for an idea

Wǒ

我

yào

要

xiǎngfāngshèfǎ

想方设法

zhǎodào

找到

tā

她

的

xiàluò

下落

。

I'll find out her exact whereabouts by hook or by crook.

Xiǎngfāngshèfǎ

想方设法

tōushuì

偷税

lòushuì

漏税

have ways and means of evading taxes

Xiǎngfāngshèfǎ

想方设法

kèfú

克服

kùnnan

困难

do everything possible to overcome difficulties

Xiǎngfāngshèfǎ

想方设法

ànshí

按时

wánchéng

完成

rènwu

任务

try all means to fulfil a task as scheduled