此起彼伏
cǐqǐ-bǐfú
Meaning
- up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
- no sooner one subsides, the next arises
- repeating continuously
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- occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
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