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此消彼长
cǐ​xiāo​bǐ​zhǎng

ebb and flow

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
此消彼长 (此消彼長) cǐ​xiāo​bǐ​zhǎng
ebb and flow
One declines while the other flourishes; one loses out when the other one gains (as in a trade-off or a zero-sum game).

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.120 per million appears in 0% of films

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Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CH