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To toss and turn (sleeplessly) in Chinese: 翻来覆去 (fān lái fù qù)

fān lái fù qù

to toss and turn (sleeplessly)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 翻來覆去1 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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翻
来
覆
去

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ㄈㄢ

fān

ㄈ/ fㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄌㄞˊ

lái

ㄌ/ lㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

ㄈㄨˋ

fù

ㄈ/ fㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄑㄩˋ

qù

ㄑ/ qㄩ/ üˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

翻来覆去

Simplified

翻來覆去

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我昨晚翻来覆去，怎么也睡不着。

    wǒ zuó wǎn fān lái fù qù， zěn me yě shuì bù zhe。

    I tossed and turned all last night and couldn't fall asleep.

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Related words

来

lái

to come

去

qù

to go

翻

fān

to turn over

去年

qù nián

last year

过去

guò qù

(in the) past

本来

běn lái

original

从来

cóng lái

always

翻译

fān yì

to translate

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

原来

yuán lái

original

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