此起彼伏

cǐ qǐ bǐ fú

Meaning

• 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 and so on)

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