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此消彼长
cǐ xiāo bǐ zhǎng
What 此消彼长 means
- idiomone declines while the other flourishes; one loses out when the other one gains (as in a trade-off or a zero-sum game)
The characters in 此消彼长
- 此cǐthis; these
- 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
- 彼bǐthat; those; (one) another
- 长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte
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