转来转去
zhuàn lái zhuàn qù
Pinyin

Definition

转来转去
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zhuàn lái zhuàn qù
  1. to rove around
  2. to run around in circles
  3. to walk back and forth

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

去
qù
  1. 1 to go
  2. 2 to go to (a place)
  3. 3 (of a time etc) last
  4. 4 just passed
  5. 5 to send
  6. 6 to remove
  7. 7 to get rid of
  8. 8 to reduce
  9. 9 to be apart from in space or time
  10. 10 to die (euphemism)
  11. 11 to play (a part)
  12. 12 (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. 13 (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. 14 (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
上去
shàng qù
  1. 1 to go up
下去
xià qù
  1. 1 to go down
  2. 2 to descend
  3. 3 to go on
  4. 4 to continue
  5. 5 (of a servant) to withdraw
出去
chū qù
  1. 1 to go out
去年
qù nián
  1. 1 last year
回去
huí qu
  1. 1 to return
  2. 2 to go back
失去
shī qù
  1. 1 to lose
进去
jìn qù
  1. 1 to go in
过去
guò qù
  1. 1 (in the) past
  2. 2 former
  3. 3 previous
  4. 4 to go over
  5. 5 to pass by
一来二去
yī lái èr qù
  1. 1 gradually
  2. 2 little by little
  3. 3 in the course of time
一去不复返
yī qù bù fù fǎn
  1. 1 gone forever
一眼望去
yī yǎn wàng qù
  1. 1 as far as the eye can see
不知去向
bù zhī qù xiàng
  1. 1 whereabouts unknown
  2. 2 gone missing
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
  1. 1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
  2. 2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
  3. 3 the place is deserted
  4. 4 the birds have flown
仙去
xiān qù
  1. 1 to become an immortal
  2. 2 (fig.) to die
占去
zhàn qù
  1. 1 to take up (one's time etc)
  2. 2 to occupy (one's attention etc)
  3. 3 to account for (a proportion of sth)
何去何从
hé qù hé cóng
  1. 1 what course to follow
  2. 2 what path to take
来龙去脉
lái lóng qù mài
  1. 1 the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) the whole sequence of events
  3. 3 causes and effects
偷去
tōu qù
  1. 1 to steal
  2. 2 to make off with
  3. 3 stolen
删去
shān qù
  1. 1 to delete

Idioms (17)

人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
  1. 1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
  2. 2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
  3. 3 the place is deserted
  4. 4 the birds have flown
来去无踪
lái qù wú zōng
  1. 1 come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace
来得容易，去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
  1. 1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
来无影，去无踪
lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng
  1. 1 lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace
来鸿去燕
lái hóng qù yàn
  1. 1 lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
来龙去脉
lái lóng qù mài
  1. 1 the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) the whole sequence of events
  3. 3 causes and effects
去芜存菁
qù wú cún jīng
  1. 1 lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers
  2. 2 to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom)
呼之即来，挥之即去
hū zhī jí lái , huī zhī jí qù
  1. 1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
  2. 2 always at sb's beck and call
呼来喝去
hū lái hè qù
  1. 1 to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders
  2. 2 always bossing people around
拂袖而去
fú xiù ér qù
  1. 1 to storm off in a huff (idiom)
推来推去
tuī lái tuī qù
  1. 1 (idiom) to rudely push and pull others
  2. 2 (idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others
有去无回
yǒu qù wú huí
  1. 1 gone forever (idiom)
死去活来
sǐ qù huó lái
  1. 1 to hover between life and death (idiom)
  2. 2 to suffer terribly
  3. 3 within an inch of one's life
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝
bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī
  1. 1 sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
眉来眼去
méi lái yǎn qù
  1. 1 lit. eyes and eyebrows come and go (idiom); to make eyes
  2. 2 to exchange flirting glances with sb
绕来绕去
rào lái rào qù
  1. 1 meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere
驾鹤西去
jià hè xī qù
  1. 1 lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise
  2. 2 fig. to pass away (idiom)

Sample Sentences

是啊。我受够了每天这样转来转去却不知道是为谁辛苦为谁忙的生活了。
shì a 。wǒ shòugòu le měitiān zhèyàng zhuǎnláizhuǎnqù quèbù zhīdào shì wèi shéi xīnkǔ wèi shéi máng de shēnghuó le 。
Yeah. I just had enough of a life where every day was so hectic and yet I didn't know who I was really working hard for.
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