此消彼長
cǐ​xiāo​bǐ​zhǎng

zero-sum change

  • created sense approved 此消彼长/此消彼長 · cǐ​xiāo​bǐ​zhǎng · zero-sum change — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    此 (literal) → 此 · cǐ · this 消 (literal) → 消 · xiāo · to vanish 彼 (literal) → 彼 · bǐ · that 长 (literal) → 长/長 · zhǎng · to increase

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

    created sense