百花齊放，百家爭鳴 bǎi huā qí fàng ， bǎi jiā zhēng míng

DEFINITIONS

  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

CHARACTERS

百 bǎi
HSK 2
one hundred; numerous, many
花 huā
HSK 3
flower; blossoms
齊 qí even, uniform, of equal length
放 fàng
HSK 3
put, release, free, liberate
百 bǎi
HSK 2
one hundred; numerous, many
家 jiā
HSK 1
house, home, residence; family
爭 zhēng to dispute, fight, contend, strive
鳴 míng cry of bird or animal; make sound