fān lái fù qù

Traditional: 翻來覆去

HSK 7–9

翻来覆去 (fān lái fù qù) is a Chinese word meaning “to toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again”.

Meanings

  1. 1to toss and turn (sleeplessly)
  2. 2again and again

Characters in 翻来覆去

翻fān · to turn over来lái · to come覆fù · to cover去qù · to go

Related words

来to come去to go起来to stand up; to get up起来(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state回来to return; to come back出来to come out出来(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)过来to come over过来see 過來|过来[guo4 lai2]过去(in the) past; former; previous过去(verb suffix)下来to come down

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