run to and fro
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ō ngchu ǎ NGX ī Z ǒ u, which means to wander around without purpose and direction. It comes from the complete biography of flying dragon by Wu Yu in Qing Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The second chapter of the complete biography of flying dragon written by Wu Yu in the Qing Dynasty: "it's you who are the old man. You are the root of this evil. You let him go around all day and make trouble. Now there's something wrong."
Idiom explanation
To wander about without purpose or direction.
run to and fro
where the wind passes , the grass bends -- influence of gentlemen - fēng xíng cǎo cóng
withdraw from society and live in solitude - bì shì jué sú