成语故事：反复推敲 Repeatedly Scrutinizing Your Words

成语故事：反复推敲 Repeatedly Scrutinizing Your Words

反复推敲

fǎn fù tuī qiāo

Repeatedly Scrutinizing Your Words

反复 means repeatedly or back and forth.推 means push, and 敲 is to knock. It can be used to describe any kind of deliberation, or sometimes, close scrutiny of an issue.

Literal meaning:to ponder whether to use “push" or “knock”

Explanation: to ponder over and over again trying to find the best option

E.g

到底我们要采用哪一个方案,需要反复推敲,否则就会犯错误。

Dào dǐ wǒ men yào cǎi yòng nǎ yī gè fāng àn,xū yào fǎn fù tuī qiāo,fǒu zé jiù huì fàn cuò wù。

As to which plan we should adopt, we need to ponder over, otherwise we will make mistakes.