"千方百計" meaning in Chinese

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      "expansion": "千方百計",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "by every possible means; by hook or by crook"
      ],
      "id": "en-千方百計-zh-phrase-OAu8P66M",
      "links": [
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ],
        [
          "by hook or by crook",
          "by hook or by crook"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qiānfāngbǎijì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧㄢ ㄈㄤ ㄅㄞˇ ㄐㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cin¹ fong¹ baak³ gai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qiānfāngbǎijì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cianfangbǎijì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻien¹-fang¹-pai³-chi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chyān-fāng-bǎi-jì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chianfangbaejih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цяньфанбайцзи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cjanʹfanbajczi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chīn fōng baak gai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsin¹ fong¹ baak⁸ gai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qin¹ fong¹ bag³ gei³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ paːk̚³ kɐi̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ paːk̚³ kɐi̯³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "千方百計"
}

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      },
      "expansion": "千方百計",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese four-character idioms",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Intermediate Mandarin",
        "Mandarin four-character idioms",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with audio links"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "by every possible means; by hook or by crook"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ],
        [
          "by hook or by crook",
          "by hook or by crook"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qiānfāngbǎijì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧㄢ ㄈㄤ ㄅㄞˇ ㄐㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cin¹ fong¹ baak³ gai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qiānfāngbǎijì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cianfangbǎijì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻien¹-fang¹-pai³-chi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chyān-fāng-bǎi-jì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chianfangbaejih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цяньфанбайцзи"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cjanʹfanbajczi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chīn fōng baak gai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsin¹ fong¹ baak⁸ gai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qin¹ fong¹ bag³ gei³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ paːk̚³ kɐi̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ paːk̚³ kɐi̯³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "千方百計"
}