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此消彼長

简此消彼长 · 繁此消彼長

Mandarin · pinyin cǐ xiāo bǐ zhǎng

(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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3–1–3–3 · ci3 xiao1 bi3 zhang3

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ci2 siu1 bei2 zoeng2

Cantonese word readings for 此消彼長. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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