HSK 7-9
此起彼伏
cǐqǐ-bǐfúup 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)
节日夜空中烟花此起彼伏。
Jié rì yè kōng zhōng yān huā cǐ qǐ bǐ fú.
Fireworks rose one after another in the holiday night sky.
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Appears across levels (7-9) in the HSK 3.0 word list.