绕来绕去

Traditional form:

繞來繞去

Pinyin (reading):

ràoláiràoqù

Definitions:

• meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere

Characters:

• 绕 - to entwine, to wind around; to orbit, to revolve
• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 绕 - to entwine, to wind around; to orbit, to revolve
• 去 - to go away, to leave, to depart

Traditional characters:

• 繞 - to entwine, to wind around; to orbit, to revolve
• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 繞 - to entwine, to wind around; to orbit, to revolve
• 去 - to go away, to leave, to depart