想方设法 xiǎngfāngshèfǎ▶ Intentar por varios medios

Stroke order

想方设法 is written in 31 strokes across 4 characters.

• 想 — 13 strokes
• 方 — 4 strokes
• 设 — 6 strokes
• 法 — 8 strokes

Senses

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

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想方设法 is pronounced xiǎngfāngshèfǎ and means “Intentar por varios medios”. HSK 6 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 想方设法 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.