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此起彼伏
cǐ qǐ bǐ fú
HSK 3.0 Level 7
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Definitions
- 1. up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
- 2. no sooner one subsides, the next arises
- 3. repeating continuously
- 4. occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)