時起時伏

Chinese

		o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	to rise; to raise; to get up	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	conceal (ambush); prostrate; submit
trad. (時起時伏)		時	起	時	伏
simp. (时起时伏)		时	起	时	伏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíqǐshífú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˊ ㄈㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíqǐshífú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˊ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhcǐshíhfú
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chʻi³-shih²-fu²
    • Yale: shŕ-chǐ-shŕ-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrchiishyrfwu
    • Palladius: шицишифу (šicišifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ fu³⁵/

Idiom

時起時伏

1. to rise and fall in a wavelike manner

   • 例如妥協的空氣時起時伏，主張妥協者的根據就是「再戰必亡」。 [MSC, trad.]
     例如妥协的空气时起时伏，主张妥协者的根据就是「再战必亡」。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Lìrú tuǒxié de kōngqì shíqǐshífú, zhǔzhāng tuǒxié zhě de gēnjù jiùshì “zài zhàn bì wáng”. [Pinyin]

     For instance, from time to time an atmosphere of compromise arises and the advocates of compromise argue that "the continuance of the war spells subjugation".

   • 部分國家之間的領土和海洋權益爭端、民族宗教矛盾等問題仍然存在，地區安全熱點問題時起時伏。 [MSC, trad.]
     部分国家之间的领土和海洋权益争端、民族宗教矛盾等问题仍然存在，地区安全热点问题时起时伏。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2019, 國務院新聞辦公室 (State Council Information Office), 《新時代的中國國防》 (China's National Defense in the New Era)

     Bùfen guójiā zhījiān de lǐngtǔ hé hǎiyáng quányì zhēngduān, mínzú zōngjiào máodùn děng wèntí réngrán cúnzài, dìqū ānquán rèdiǎn wèntí shíqǐshífú. [Pinyin]

     Problems still exist among regional countries, including disputes over territorial and maritime rights and interests, as well as discord for ethnic and religious reasons. Security hotspots rise from time to time in the region.