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此起彼伏

Word definition:

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
HSK 7-9

Character decomposition:

CharacterTot Str
Rad / Str
Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *此* | 此* | *此
6画
this, these; in this case, then
2111.0
YMP
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *起* | 起* | *起
10画
rise, stand up; go up; begin
4780.1
GORU
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *彼* | 彼* | *彼
8画
that, there, those
2424.7
HODHE
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *伏* | 伏* | *伏
6画
crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal
2323.4
OIK

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *此* | 此* | *此
this; these
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *起* | 起* | *起
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
  
  
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *彼* | 彼* | *彼
that / those / (one) another
   
   
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伏* | 伏* | *伏
surname Fu
   
   
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *伏* | 伏* | *伏
to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt


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