此消彼长
(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)
Traditional: 此消彼長
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English Phonetic:
'idiәm
Detailed Definition:
n. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up