百家争鸣
Traditional form:
百家爭鳴
Pinyin (reading):
bǎijiāzhēngmíng
Definitions:
- a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
Characters:
- 百 - one hundred; numerous, many
- 家 - house, home, residence; family
- 争 - to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
- 鸣 - a bird call or animal cry; to make a sound
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