diān lái dǎo qù

Traditional: 顛來倒去

颠来倒去 (diān lái dǎo qù) is a Chinese word meaning “to harp on; over and over; merely ring changes on a few terms”.

Meanings

  1. 1to harp on
  2. 2over and over
  3. 3merely ring changes on a few terms

Characters in 颠来倒去

颠diān · top (of the head)来lái · to come倒dǎo · to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally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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