- to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means
- to try this, that and the other
Characters
- 想 (想): to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 方 (方): surname Fang
- 设 (設): to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if
- 法 (㳒): variant of 法[fa3]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 想方设法
- MDBG: 想方设法
- Examples with 想方设法 on Tatoeba
Examples
她想方设法以一己之力完成了工作。