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百花齐放，百家争鸣

bǎi huā qí fàng , bǎi jiā zhēng míng

9-character word Traditional 百花齊放，百家爭鳴

What 百花齐放，百家争鸣 means

1. a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956

The characters in 百花齐放，百家争鸣

• 百bǎihundred; numerous; all kinds of
• 花huāflower; blossom; fancy pattern
• 齐qíneat; even; level with
• 放fàngto put; to place; to release
• 百bǎihundred; numerous; all kinds of
• 家jiāused in 家伙
• 争zhēngto strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 鸣míngto cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound…