to pace back and forth
to pace back and forth
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→pai2huai2 • páihuái
to pace back and forth
pace back and forth, paced back and forth, pacing back and forth, paces back and forth, to hesitate, hesitate, to wander, wander
This word often means to "hesitate" as well, in the sense of wavering before a decision.
他 在 房间 里 徘徊 不定。
Tā zài fángjiān lǐ páihuái bùdìng.
He was pacing back and forth in the room.
她 常常 在 湖边 徘徊。
Tā chángcháng zài húbiān páihuái.
She often paces back and forth by the lakeside.
学生 在 教室 门口 徘徊。
Xuésheng zài jiàoshì ménkǒu páihuái.
The student paced back and forth at the classroom door.