起伏
qǐ fú
Pinyin

Definition

起伏
 - 
qǐ fú
  1. to move up and down
  2. to undulate
  3. ups and downs

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
在一起
zài yī qǐ
  1. 1 together
发起
fā qǐ
  1. 1 to originate
  2. 2 to initiate
  3. 3 to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
  4. 4 to start
  5. 5 to propose sth (for the first time)
起
qǐ
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to raise
  3. 3 to get up
  4. 4 to set out
  5. 5 to start
  6. 6 to appear
  7. 7 to launch
  8. 8 to initiate (action)
  9. 9 to draft
  10. 10 to establish
  11. 11 to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. 12 verb suffix, to start
  13. 13 starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. 14 classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. 15 classifier for groups: batch, group
起来
qǐ lai
  1. 1 to stand up
  2. 2 to get up
  3. 3 also pr. [qǐ lái]

Idioms (20)

一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
伏龙凤雏
fú lóng fèng chú
  1. 1 hidden genius (idiom)

Sample Sentences

原来是出自你这个大艺术家之手呀！我说呢，怎么从来也没见过这么”艺术“的陶器，难怪这口缘的起伏变化这么…与众不同呢！
yuánlái shì chūzì nǐ zhège dà yìshùjiā zhī shǒu ya ！wǒ shuō ne ，zěnme cónglái yě méi jiàn guò zhème ”yìshù “de táoqì ，nánguài zhè kǒuyuán de qǐfú biànhuà zhème …yǔzhòngbùtóng ne ！
So it actually came from the hands of such a great artist as yourself! Well, I say, I never have seen such an “artistic” example of pottery, no wonder the ups and downs of the mouth are so… one of a kind!
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你呀，哪来那么多愁善感。人生在世哪有一帆风顺没有挫折的，就像心电图啊，高低起伏才说明有活力。老人不是常说，“得之我幸，失之我命”，看开点儿，得失心别那么重，保持向上的姿态，那些烦心事就不足挂齿了。
nǐ ya ，nǎ lái nàme duōchóushàngǎn 。rénshēng zàishì nǎyǒu yīfánfēngshùn méiyǒu cuòzhé de ，jiù xiàng xīndiàntú ā ，gāodī qǐfú cái shuōmíng yǒu huólì 。lǎorén bùshì cháng shuō ，“dé zhī wǒ xìng ，shī zhī wǒ mìng ”，kàn kāi diǎnr ，déshī xīn bié nàme zhòng ，bǎochí xiàngshàng de zītài ，nàxiē fánxīnshì jiù bùzúguàchǐ le 。
Why so depressed? There's no such thing as a life that's all smooth sailing without any frustrations. It's like an ECG, it's only when there are ups and downs that you know you're alive. Don't old people always say, "to gain is luck, to lose is fate". Try to cheer up a bit, don't take gains and losses to heart. If you keep striving forward, your troubles aren't worth dwelling on.
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没错，高考不是一劳永逸，人生路上的各样境遇可远比高考跌宕起伏得多。
méicuò ，gāokǎo bùshì yīláoyǒngyì ，rénshēng lù shàng de gè yàng jìngyù kě yuǎn bǐ gāokǎo diēdàng qǐfú de duō 。
That's right, the college entrance exam sets you up for life with just a brief period of struggle. There are a lot more ups and downs with the circumstances you meet in the course of a lifetime.
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但是，黄金的价钱不也起起伏伏的吗？
dànshì ，huángjīn de jiàqian bù yě qǐqǐfúfú de ma ？
But don't the prices of gold also fluctuate?
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金价的起伏与市场供需原则相关，但是影响这个供需链的原因却很多，特别黄金同时具有商品及金融的特性。
jīn jià de qǐfú yǔ shìchǎng gōngxū yuánzé xiāngguān ，dànshì yǐngxiǎng zhè ge gōngxūliàn de yuányīn què hěn duō ，tèbié huángjīn tóngshí jùyǒu shāngpǐn jí jīnróng de tèxìng 。
The fluctuations in gold prices are to do with the principle of supply and demand on the market, but there are many factors that affect this chain of supply and demand, especially as gold is a product in addition to its financial qualities.
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