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不平则鸣

bù píng zé míng

4-character word Traditional 不平則鳴

What 不平则鸣 means

1. where there is injustice, there will be an outcry
2. man will cry out against injustice

The characters in 不平则鸣

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then…
• 鸣míngto cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound…

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