翻来覆去

• ピンイン: fān lái fù qù
• 漢字の分解: 翻 = 番 + 羽 — to flip; 来 = pictograph of a grain plant — to come; 覆 = 覀 (cover) + 复 (return) — to overturn; 去 = 土 (earth) + 厶 (private) — to go

意味

寝返りを打つ／あれこれ繰り返す

Used to describe both literal physical movement (unable to sleep) and figurative repetition (going over the same issue repeatedly). Conveys frustration and lack of resolution. Common in casual speech and literary narrative.

例文

1. 他整夜翻来覆去睡不着，脑海中反复盘算着明天谈判中每一个可能出现的变数和应对策略。
2. 审稿委员会在这份报告的措辞上翻来覆去地修改了三个星期，最终仍未能就关键段落的表述达成一致意见。
3. 她翻来覆去地看那封辞职信，始终拿不定主意究竟是现在提交还是再等待一个更合适的时机。

使い方ガイド

場面: everyday, emotions, deliberation, sleep

トーン: expressive

正しい言い方

• 她在床上翻来覆去了将近三个小时，那段失控的对话就像一段循环播放的录像反复在脑中出现，令她彻底无法入眠，直到天色将明才勉强闭上双眼。(She tossed and turned in bed for nearly three hours; that out-of-control conversation kept replaying in her mind like a looping video, making it utterly impossible for her to fall asleep until the sky was almost light before she finally managed to close her eyes.)
• 项目组在这个技术方案上翻来覆去地讨论了将近一个月，却始终无法就核心架构的取舍问题形成共识，最终不得不引入外部顾问来打破僵局。(The project team went back and forth on this technical proposal for nearly a month but was consistently unable to reach consensus on the trade-offs in the core architecture, ultimately having to bring in an external consultant to break the deadlock.)

避ける言い方

• 翻来覆去地翻 — avoid adding 翻 as a verb after this idiom since it is already encoded in the compound; say 翻来覆去地想 or 翻来覆去无法入睡 for grammatically clean and natural phrasing

起源と歴史

翻 (to flip) + 来 (come) + 覆 (to overturn) + 去 (go) — flipping back and forth repeatedly in both directions

文化的背景

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal