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此起彼伏
cǐ qǐ bǐ fú
What 此起彼伏 means
- up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
- no sooner one subsides, the next arises
- repeating continuously
- occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
The characters in 此起彼伏
- 此cǐthis; these
- 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
- 彼bǐthat; those; (one) another
- 伏fúto lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush)
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