此起彼伏

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2.

ㄘˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄈㄨˊ

    • 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)

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