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Definition(s) for: 想方设法

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
想方设法 xiǎng fāng shè fǎ - to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means
- to try this, that and the other

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 8 9,795 15,164 22,473

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xiǎng- 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)
fāng- surname Fang
fāng- square
- power or involution (math.)
- upright
- honest
- fair and square
- direction
- side
- party (to a contract, dispute etc)
- place
- method
- prescription (medicine)
- just when
- only or just
- classifier for square things
- abbr. for square or cubic meter
shè- to set up; to put in place
- (math.) given; suppose; if
- France
- French
- abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]
- Taiwan pr. [Fa4]
- law
- method
- way
- to emulate
- (Buddhism) dharma
- (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists
- (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])
- variant of 法[fa3]
- old variant of 法[fa3]
- law

Other Words Containing 想方设法

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
想方设法 6 8 9,795 15,164 22,473