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此消彼長

cǐxiāobǐzhǎng

ㄘˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄅㄧˇ ㄓㄤˇ

Simplified 此消彼长

  1. 1(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)

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