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想方设法 xiǎngfāngshèfǎ

想方设法 xiǎngfāngshèfǎ Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 想方设法 xiǎngfāngshèfǎ .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiǎngfāngshèfǎ | xiang3 fang1 she4 fa3
English translation
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means
to try this, that and the other

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Traditional form

想方設法

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ
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Etymology of 想方设法 xiǎngfāngshèfǎ

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 想方设法 xiǎngfāngshèfǎ .

xiǎng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and Xiāng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Xiāng

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

相心

Number of Strokes

13

Fāng

Explanation

Origin unclear. Variously explained as a pictograph of a square tool, a part of a knife, or a raft.

Positional decomposition

tóu

Number of Strokes

4

shè

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and shū represents the sound. Simplified form of shè .

Phonetic compound

shū

Semantic compound

yán

Positional decomposition

讠殳

Number of Strokes

6

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and represents the sound. The water ( shuǐ ) component is used to represent the way water follows a defined path e.g. in rivers.

Positional decomposition

氵去

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 想方设法 xiǎngfāngshèfǎ

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海水 hǎi shuǐ huì 想方设法 xiǎngfāngshèfǎ 渗入 shèn rù 地堡 dì bǎo de 气穴 Zhōng , jiāng 被困 zhě 淹死 yān sǐ .

Water will find way into underground pockets, drowning those trapped.

度假者想方设法 xiǎngfāngshèfǎ 拿出 ná chū 钱来预订 yùdìng 夏末 de 短暂 duǎn zàn 假期 jià qī

Holidaymakers are digging deep into their pockets to book late summer breaks.

葛丽泰· Jiā bǎo 想方设法 xiǎngfāngshèfǎ 躲开 duǒ kāi 记者 jìzhě 摄影师 shè yǐng shī

Greta Garbo went to great lengths to hide from reporters and photographers.

专家 zhuānjiā men zhēng 想方设法 xiǎngfāngshèfǎ 清除 qīngchú 这片面积 miànjī 巨大 jùdà de 浮油

Experts are trying to devise ways to clean up the huge slick.

其他 qítā 商人 shāng rén 想方设法 xiǎngfāngshèfǎ 地要我们 wǒmen 排挤 pái jǐ chū 这个 zhè ge 生意 shēngyì juān

Other traders did everything they could to freeze us out of the business.

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