此起彼伏 — Chinese idiom
此起彼伏
cǐ qǐ bǐ fú
Meaning
- up here, down there ; 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)
Character by character
- 此cǐthis, these; in this case, then
- 起qǐto begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
- 彼bǐthat, those, the other
- 伏fúto crouch, to crawl, to lie hidden, to conceal
Idioms sharing a character
- 不分彼此 bù fēn bǐ cǐ
- 不虚此行 bù xū cǐ xíng
- 不过如此 bù guò rú cǐ
- 但愿如此 dàn yuàn rú cǐ
- 仅此而已 jǐn cǐ ér yǐ
- 原来如此 yuán lái rú cǐ
- 多此一举 duō cǐ yī jǔ
- 彼此彼此 bǐ cǐ bǐ cǐ
- 志不在此 zhì bù zài cǐ
- 乐此不疲 lè cǐ bù pí
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