转来转去 (轉來轉去)
zhuàn lái zhuàn qù
Pinyin

Definition

转来转去 (轉來轉去)
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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

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

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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