"此消彼長" meaning in Chinese

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Phrase

IPA: /t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /t͡sʰiː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ pei̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /t͡sʰiː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ pei̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: cǐxiāobǐzhǎng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄘˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄅㄧˇ ㄓㄤˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ci² siu¹ bei² zoeng² [Cantonese, Jyutping], cǐxiāobǐzhǎng [Phonetic:cǐxiāobízhǎng] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄘˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄅㄧˇ ㄓㄤˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], cǐhsiaobǐjhǎng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], tzʻŭ³-hsiao¹-pi³-chang³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], tsž-syāu-bǐ-jǎng [Mandarin, Yale, standard], tsyyshiaubiijaang [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], цысяобичжан [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], cysjaobičžan [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], chí sīu béi jéung [Cantonese, Yale], tsi² siu¹ bei² dzoeng² [Cantonese, Pinyin], qi² xiu¹ béi² zêng² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 此消彼长
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 此消彼長
  1. something declines while something else rises Tags: idiomatic
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "此消彼长",
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        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "此消彼長",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "something declines while something else rises"
      ],
      "id": "en-此消彼長-zh-phrase-ax8LHDjO",
      "links": [
        [
          "decline",
          "decline"
        ],
        [
          "rise",
          "rise"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cǐxiāobǐzhǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄅㄧˇ ㄓㄤˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ci² siu¹ bei² zoeng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cǐxiāobǐzhǎng [Phonetic:cǐxiāobízhǎng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄅㄧˇ ㄓㄤˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cǐhsiaobǐjhǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tzʻŭ³-hsiao¹-pi³-chang³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsž-syāu-bǐ-jǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsyyshiaubiijaang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цысяобичжан"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cysjaobičžan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chí sīu béi jéung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsi² siu¹ bei² dzoeng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qi² xiu¹ béi² zêng²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ pei̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: cǐxiāobízhǎng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ pei̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "此消彼長"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "此消彼长",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "此消彼長",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 彼",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 此",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 消",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 長",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "something declines while something else rises"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decline",
          "decline"
        ],
        [
          "rise",
          "rise"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cǐxiāobǐzhǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄅㄧˇ ㄓㄤˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ci² siu¹ bei² zoeng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cǐxiāobǐzhǎng [Phonetic:cǐxiāobízhǎng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄅㄧˇ ㄓㄤˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cǐhsiaobǐjhǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tzʻŭ³-hsiao¹-pi³-chang³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsž-syāu-bǐ-jǎng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsyyshiaubiijaang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цысяобичжан"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cysjaobičžan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chí sīu béi jéung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsi² siu¹ bei² dzoeng²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qi² xiu¹ béi² zêng²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ pei̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: cǐxiāobízhǎng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ pei̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "此消彼長"
}

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