此起彼落

cǐ qǐ bǐ luò

Dictionary entry

to rise and fall in succession (idiom)

What does 此起彼落 mean?

此起彼落 (cǐ qǐ bǐ luò) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to rise and fall in succession (idiom)

2repeating continuously

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此cǐthis; these 起qǐto rise · to raise 彼bǐthat · those 落làto leave out · to be missing

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此起彼落

cǐ qǐ bǐ luò

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