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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 此消彼长
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 50,803 | - | - |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 此 | cǐ | - this; these |
| 消 | xiāo | - to diminish; to subside - to consume; to reduce - to idle away (the time) - (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take |
| 彼 | bǐ | - that - those - (one) another |
| 长 | cháng | - length - long - forever - always - constantly |
| 长 | zhǎng | - chief - head - elder - to grow - to develop - to increase - to enhance |
Other Words Containing 此消彼长
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 此消彼长 | - | - | 50,803 | - | - |