此消彼长
cǐ xiāo bǐ zhǎngcixiaobizhang
- (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)
cǐ xiāo bǐ zhǎngcixiaobizhang
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