翻来覆去 (翻來覆去)
fān lái fù qù
Pinyin

Definition

翻来覆去 (翻來覆去)
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fān lái fù qù
  1. to toss and turn (sleeplessly)
  2. again and again

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
去世
qù shì
  1. 1 to pass away
  2. 2 to die

Idioms (20)

人仰马翻
rén yǎng mǎ fān
  1. 1 to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)
  2. 2 in a pitiful state
  3. 3 in a complete mess
  4. 4 to roll (with laughter)
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

Sample Sentences

那我的经验是，醒来还在床上翻来覆去，容易一整天都头晕脑胀的，早起后拖着不干正事，我会因为浪费时间而深感沮丧。
nà wǒ de jīngyàn shì ，xǐnglái háizài chuáng shàng fānláifùqù ，róngyì yīzhěngtiān dōu tóuyūnnǎozhàng de ，zǎoqǐ hòu tuō zhe bù gàn zhèngshì ，wǒ huì yīnwèi làngfèi shíjiān ér shēn gǎn jǔsàng 。
My experience is that if you toss and turn in your bed after you wake up, you end up feeling hazy all day long. If I don't get up to some proper stuff in the morning, I actually feel upset that I've wasted my time.
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