此起彼伏
ci2 hei2 bei2 fuk6cǐ qǐ bǐ fú
English
- up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
- no sooner one subsides, the next arises
- repeating continuously
- occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
- to rise on one side and fall on the other side; to be continuous
粵語 — Cantonese
- 呢邊興起,嗰邊下沉,形容連綿不斷
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk