此起彼伏

cǐqǐbǐfú
  1. up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
  2. no sooner one subsides, the next arises
  3. repeating continuously
  4. occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 此 cǐ this; these
2 起 qǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group
3 彼 bǐ
  1. that
  2. those
  3. (one) another
4 伏 fú
  1. to lean over
  2. to fall (go down)
  3. to hide (in ambush)
  4. to conceal oneself
  5. to lie low
  6. hottest days of summer
  7. to submit
  8. to concede defeat
  9. to overcome
  10. to subdue
  11. volt