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此消彼长
cǐ​xiāo​bǐ​zhǎng

zero-sum change

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此消彼长 此消彼長 cǐ​xiāo​bǐ​zhǎng
zero-sum change
(idiom) one declines while the other flourishes; one loses out when the other one gains, as in a trade-off or a zero-sum game

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0.120 per million appears in 0% of films

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