Word information
Simplified千方百计
Traditional千方百計
Pinyinqiānfāng-bǎijì
Part of speechl
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.06
Chinese word dictionary
千方百计
qiānfāng-bǎijì · lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
Character breakdown
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