to go back and forth; round trip
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
3 senses · 5 examplesverb
to go back and forth; to make a round trip
Describes the action of traveling to a place and returning. Often used for transportation.
Wǒ我
měi每
tiān天
wǎng往
fǎn返
yú于
jiā家
hé和
gōng公
sī司
zhī之
jiān间
。
I commute between home and the office every day.
Zhè这
zhāng张
piào票
shì是
wǎng往
fǎn返
piào票
。
This ticket is a round-trip ticket.
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Cóng从
zhè这
lǐ里
wǎng往
fǎn返
jī机
chǎng场
xū需
yào要
yī一
gè个
xiǎo小
shí时
。
It takes an hour to go to the airport and back from here.
verb
to be fruitless; to be in vain; to go back and forth to no avail
Often used in the phrase 徒劳往返 (tú láo wǎng fǎn).
Wèi为
le了
zhè这
jiàn件
shì事
，
tā他
tú徒
láo劳
wǎng往
fǎn返
le了
hǎo好
jǐ几
tàng趟
。
He made several fruitless trips back and forth for this matter.
adjective
repetitive; back-and-forth; tortuous
literaryUsed metaphorically to describe a process of development that is not straightforward.
Shì事
wù物
de的
fā发
zhǎn展
biàn变
huà化
shì是
wǎng往
fǎn返
qū曲
zhé折
de的
。
The development and change of things is a tortuous, back-and-forth process.