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此消彼长

cǐ xiāo bǐ zhǎng

Definitions

  • •(idiom) one declines while the other flourishes; one loses out when the other one gains (as in a trade-off or a zero-sum game)

Child Words of 此消彼长

消
xiāo
此
cǐ
长
cháng
彼
bǐ
长
zhǎng