ChineseGrammarWiki/Programmes/B2.old/Grammar-wiki-B2-95.txt

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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."

==Structure==

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Verb + 来 + Verb + 去
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==Examples==

In a sentence, this structure looks like this:

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* 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>
* 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>
* 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>
* 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>
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==See also==
* [["Verbing away" using "zhe"]]

== Sources and further reading ==

=== Books ===

* [[Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1]] (pp. 191-2) [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]

[[Category: B2 grammar points]]
{{Basic Grammar|来|B2|Verb + 来 + Verb + 去|他 考虑 <em>来</em> 考虑 <em>去</em> ， 最后 还是 决定 回 学校 。|grammar point|ASGYJQAG}}
{{Rel char|去}}
{{Similar|"Verbing away" using "zhe"}}
{{Used for|Expressing duration}}
{{Used for|Describing actions}}
{{Used for|Expressing movement}}
{{Structure|Complements}}