想方设法 xiǎngfāngshèfǎ in a sentence
To think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other†
想方设法 (xiǎngfāngshèfǎ) means To think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means, to try this, that and the other †. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
父母 想方设法 供他读书。
Fùmǔ xiǎng fāng shè fǎ gōng tā dúshū.
His parents tried every means to keep him in school.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 想方设法
他 想方设法 帮助有困难的学生。
Tā xiǎng fāng shè fǎ bāngzhù yǒu kùnnan de xuésheng.
He does everything he can to help students in difficulty.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 想方设法
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How is 想方设法 used in a sentence?
This page shows 2 sentences using 想方设法 (xiǎngfāngshèfǎ, "To think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means, to try this, that and the other †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
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Is 想方设法 an HSK word?
Yes — 想方设法 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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