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此起彼伏

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此起彼伏

  • Pinyin: cǐ qǐ bǐ fú
  • English Definitions: 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)
  • Notes: Classifiers: Other transcriptions: numeric: ci3 qi3 bi3 fu2, wadegiles: tz'u³ ch'i³ pi³ fu², bopomofo: ㄘˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄈㄨˊ, romatzyh: tsyy chii bii fwu