此起彼伏
Quick Facts
Section titled “Quick Facts”- Pinyin: cǐ qǐ bǐ fú
- Traditional: 此起彼伏
- HSK: new-7+
- Part of speech: v
Meanings
Section titled “Meanings”- 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)