一来二去 / 一來二去

yī​lái'èr​qù

gradually

gradually; little by little; in the course of time through repeated contact or encounters

yì​lái'èr​qù

一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · to come 二 (literal) → 二 · èr · two 去 (literal) → 去 · qù · to go

Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM