# 千方百计 (qiānfāngbǎijì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 千方百计 (qiānfāngbǎijì) means “by every possible means”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: by every possible means
- Pinyin: qiānfāngbǎijì (qian1 fang1 bai3 ji4)
- Traditional: 千方百計
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 医生们千方百计地抢救病人。
  Yīshēngmen qiānfāngbǎijì de qiǎngjiù bìngrén.
  The doctors tried by every possible means to save the patient.

## Characters

- [千](https://hanziro.com/word/qian-thousand/) (qiān): thousand
- [方](https://hanziro.com/word/fang-square/) (fāng): square; power or involution (math.)
- [百](https://hanziro.com/word/bai-hundred/) (bǎi): hundred
- [计](https://hanziro.com/word/ji-count/) (jì): to count; plan

https://hanziro.com/word/qian-fang-bai-ji-by-every-possible/

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