汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 此消彼长
此消彼长 (此消彼長)
wane and wax / trade-off / One man's loss is another's gain.
xiāo () zhǎng/cháng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

这两者此消彼长的相关性在20世纪上半叶已经有过类似的表现。

Such a correlation had appeared in the first half of the 20th century.

在这个基础上,进一步分析了我国单名、双名此消彼长的根本原因。

Based on that, it further analyzes the basic reason of single character name and double character names.

与此同时,在元代,传统诗歌和以杂剧为主体的戏曲存在着相互冲突、此消彼长的势头。

Meanwhile, there were conflicts between traditional poetry and traditional operas which maintained poetic dramas as the main body.

同时高校场域与外部的权利场域通过相互交融以及高校场域内部此消彼长的互动,促使高校运作机制更为有效。

The university running mechanism can be facilitated to be more efficient by the blend of university field and external authority field, and the interaction of the strengths inside university field.