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Word Definition - 此消彼长
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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此
cǐ
消
xiāo
彼
bǐ
长
cháng, zhǎng
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