百般
Meanings
1. in hundred and one ways
2. in every possible way
3. by every means
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Examples1
翻译 其实 是 一 件 吃力不讨好 的 事, 因为 一种 语言 在 另 一种 语言 中 的 对应 物 藏 在 往往 隐藏 在 深不可测 之 处, 翻译者 需要 百般 寻觅, 而且, 挑剔 的 读者 很 难 糊弄。
In reality, translation is akin to working for peanuts, since the corresponding meaning of something in one language is often hidden in some deep and impenetrable recesses of the other. As a result, the translator is forced to search all over... Never mind that the picky reader is very difficult to fool.