<p>This structure can be used if want to say you are &quot;verbing without a clear direction.&quot; It's sort of like &quot;verbing this way and that.&quot; The same verb is repeated before the 来(lái) and 去 (qù). So for example, 走来走去 is a bit like &quot;walking here and there&quot; or &quot;walking this way and that.&quot;</p>
<h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>
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<p>Verb + 来 + Verb + 去</p>
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<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
<p>In a sentence, this structure looks like this:</p>
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<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>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li><a href="&quot;Verbing_away&quot;_using_&quot;zhe&quot;" title="wikilink">&quot;Verbing away&quot; using &quot;zhe&quot;</a></li>
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<h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
<h3 id="books">Books</h3>
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<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&amp;tag=allset-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0887276792">→buy</a></li>
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