绕来绕去 — Chinese idiom
绕来绕去
rào lái rào qù
Traditional: 繞來繞去
Meaning
- meandering and circuitous ; to go around in circles and never get anywhere
Character by character
- 绕ràoto entwine, to wind around; to orbit, to revolve
- 来láito arrive, to come, to return; in the future, late
- 绕ràoto entwine, to wind around; to orbit, to revolve
- 去qùto go away, to leave, to depart
Idioms sharing a character
- 绕梁三日 rào liáng sān rì
- 绕膝承欢 rào xī chéng huān
- 余音绕梁 yú yīn rào liáng
- 余响绕梁 yú xiǎng rào liáng
- 人来人往 rén lái rén wǎng
- 来之不易 lái zhī bù yì
- 来去无踪 lái qù wú zōng
- 来日方长 lái rì fāng cháng
- 来历不明 lái lì bù míng
- 来者不拒 lái zhě bù jù
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