<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for HTML5 for Linux version 5.2.0" /> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>This structure can be used if want to say you are "verbing without a clear direction." It's sort of like "verbing this way and that." The same verb is repeated before the 来(lái) and 去 (qù). So for example, 走来走去 is a bit like "walking here and there" or "walking this way and that."</p> <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2> <div class="jiegou"> <p>Verb + 来 + Verb + 去</p> </div> <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <p>In a sentence, this structure looks like this:</p> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li>学生们 都 很 紧张，在 考场 外面 <em>走 来 走 去</em>。<span class="trans">The students are all nervous, they are all pacing back and forth outside of the exam room.</span></li> <li>他 <em>说 来 说 去</em> 还 不 承认 自己 错 了。<span class="trans">He's been yakking a lot, but he still hasn't admitted that he's wrong.</span></li> <li>我 <em>想 来 想 去</em> 都 想 不 明白，他 怎么 能 那样 对 我？<span class= "trans">I've thought and thought about it, but I can't understand, how could you treat me like that?</span></li> <li>他 <em>翻 来 翻 去</em>， 终于 找到 了 那 双 破 袜子。<span class="trans">He searched everywhere and finally found the pair of worn-out socks.</span></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li><a href=""Verbing_away"_using_"zhe"" title= "wikilink">"Verbing away" using "zhe"</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2> <h3 id="books">Books</h3> <ul> <li><a href="Integrated_Chinese:_Level_2,_Part_1" title= "wikilink">Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1</a> (pp. 191-2) <a href= "http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276792/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0887276792"> →buy</a></li> </ul> <p><a href="Category:_B2_grammar_points" title="wikilink">Category: B2 grammar points</a></p> </body> </html>