cǐ qǐ bǐ fú
此
起
彼
伏
Traditional
此
起
彼
伏
Part of Speech
set phrase
Definitionup 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)