此消彼長

Simplified: 此消彼长

cǐxiāobǐzhǎng ㄘˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄅㄧˇ ㄓㄤˇ

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

      idiom

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