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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.make a round trip; go to a place and come back
从机关到宿舍来回有两里地。
It's two li from the workshop to our quarters and back.
从她家到学校来回要走半小时。
It takes half an hour to go on foot from her home to my school and back.
从家里到公司,他今天来回三趟。
He made three round trips from his house to the office today.
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- 2
n.a round/return trip
她走了一个来回。
She walked there and back again.
她在游泳池里游了五个来回。
She swam back and forth five times up and down the swimming pool.
来回有四十公里。
It's 40 kilometres there and back.
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- 3
v.come back and forth; come and go repeatedly; go to and fro
他在屋子里来回走动。
He walked around the house.
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Word usage
- Reduplication"来回" can be reduplicated, for example: "来来回回".
我们在公园里来来回回地走了2小时。
We walked back and forth in the park for two hours.
- common measure word"来回" is often matched with measure word "个".
一个来回
one back and forth