時起時伏
shí​qǐ​shí​fú

to rise and fall

  • created sense approved 时起时伏/時起時伏 · shí​qǐ​shí​fú · to rise and fall — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    时起时伏 / 時起時伏

    shí​qǐ​shí​fú

    to rise and fall

    to rise at one moment and fall the next; used to describe things that are constantly changing or have many ups and downs

    时 (literal) → 时/時 · shí · sometimes 起 (literal) → 起 · qǐ · to rise 时 (literal) → 时/時 · shí · sometimes 伏 (literal) → 伏 · fú · to subside

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense