千
方
百
计

Lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom) in Chinese: 千方百计 (qiān fāng bǎi jì)

qiān fāng bǎi jì

lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 千方百計1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means

Stroke order

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千
方
百
计

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧㄢ

qiān

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄈㄤ

fāng

ㄈ/ fㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

ㄅㄞˇ

bǎi

ㄅ/ bㄞ/ aiˇ/ third tone

ㄐㄧˋ

jì

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

千方百计

Simplified

千方百計

Traditional

Example sentences

See 千方百计 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他千方百计地想帮助我们。

    tā qiān fāng bǎi jì dì xiǎng bāng zhù wǒ men。

    He tried every possible means to help us.

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Related words

百

bǎi

hundred

千

qiān

thousand

方

fāng

square

计

jì

to calculate

北方

běi fāng

north

地方

dì fāng

region

方便

fāng biàn

convenient

方法

fāng fǎ

method

方面

fāng miàn

respect

方向

fāng xiàng

direction

估计

gū jì

to estimate

计划

jì huà

plan

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