to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means · to try this, that and the other

xiǎng fāng shè fǎ

x+iǎng·3rd tonef+āng·1st tonesh+è·4th tonef+ǎ·3rd tone

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She managed to finish the work on her own.

她想方设法以一己之力完成了工作。