此消彼长

cǐxiāobǐzhǎng

(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)

Traditional 此消彼長

Meaning

cǐxiāobǐzhǎngci3 xiao1 bi3 zhang3
  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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