千方百计

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

thousand

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

surname Fang

square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter

hundred / numerous / all kinds of

surname Ji

to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge