HSK 7-9
此起彼伏
cǐqǐ-bǐfúMeaning
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)
Stroke order
Appears across levels (7-9) in the HSK 3.0 word list.