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)

cǐ qǐ bǐ fú

c+ǐ·3rd toneq+ǐ·3rd toneb+ǐ·3rd tonef+ú·2nd tone

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