此起彼伏
cǐ​qǐ​bǐ​fú HSK7

recur

此起彼伏 cǐ​qǐ​bǐ​fú
recur idiom
to occur repeatedly or break out one after another, especially regarding social phenomena, protests, or conflicts

那段时期，各地的罢工运动此起彼伏。

nà duàn shí​qī, gè​dì de bà​gōng yùn​dòng cǐ​qǐ​bǐ​fú.

During that period, strikes broke out one after another in various places.

undulate idiom
to rise and fall in succession, typically describing sounds, waves, or physical terrain

音乐厅里，热烈的掌声此起彼伏。

yīn​yuè​tīng lǐ, rè​liè de zhǎng​shēng cǐ​qǐ​bǐ​fú.

In the concert hall, rounds of warm applause rose and fell.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
0.150 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
3.25 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

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Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)