想方設法
simp想方设法soeng2 fong1 cit3 faat3xiǎng fāng shè fǎ
English
- to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means
- to try this, that and the other
- to try every means; to think about every method
粵語 — Cantonese
- 設想各種方法
Examples
魔鬼想方設法使人採納佢嘅詭計,搞個所謂基督教嘅名義畀呢啲節日,目的係要羞辱偉大嘅耶和華上帝。 佢嘅陰謀得逞咗。
The devil finds ways to get people to adopt his tricks and give these festivals in the name of so-called Christianity, with the aim of humiliating the great Jehovah God. His plot succeeded.
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她想方设法以一己之力完成了工作。
She managed to finish the work on her own.
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呢位媽媽想方設法想令佢個女考到有名嘅大學。
The mother tries to get her daughter be admitted into a well-known university by all means.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk