千 qiān
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
千方百计
qiānfāngbǎijì
by every possible means
Characters in this word
计 jì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 十 ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他千方百计想办法修好了那台旧机器。 Tā qiānfāngbǎijì xiǎng bànfǎ xiū hǎo le nà tái jiù jīqì. He tried every possible means and finally fixed that old machine.
- 为了让孩子多吃点菜，妈妈千方百计变换花样。 Wèile ràng háizi duō chī diǎn cài, māma qiānfāngbǎijì biànhuàn huāyàng. To get her child to eat more vegetables, mom tried all sorts of tricks.
- 厂里千方百计降低成本，终于扭亏为盈。 Chǎng lǐ qiānfāngbǎijì jiàngdī chéngběn, zhōngyú niǔ kuī wéi yíng. The factory used every possible means to cut costs and finally turned losses into profit.
Related words
- 千 qiān thousand
- 千克 qiānkè kilogram
- 千万 qiānwàn be sure to; never (for emphasis)
- 成千上万 chéngqiānshàngwàn tens of thousands, numerous
- 千家万户 qiānjiāwànhù countless households
- 千变万化 qiānbiànwànhuà ever-changing; constantly changing
- 千军万马 qiānjūnwànmǎ a mighty force; a vast multitude
- 千钧一发 qiānjūnyífà at a critical moment; extremely perilous
- 千姿百态 qiānzībǎitài in a great variety of forms; diverse and colourful
- 地方 dìfang place
- 北方 běifāng the north
- 东方 dōngfāng east