百家争鸣
bǎi​jiā​zhēng​míng

hundred schools of thought contend

  • created reference approved 百家争鸣/百家爭鳴 → 百家齐鸣/百家齊鳴 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    百家争鸣 / 百家爭鳴 bǎi​jiā​zhēng​míng

    百家齐鸣 / 百家齊鳴 bǎi​jiā​qí​míng

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  • created sense approved 百家争鸣/百家爭鳴 · bǎi​jiā​zhēng​míng · hundred schools of thought contend — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    百家争鸣 / 百家爭鳴

    bǎi​jiā​zhēng​míng

    hundred schools of thought contend

    Refers to the period of academic and philosophical flourishing during the Warring States period; in modern usage, it refers to the free expression and debate between different schools of thought.

    百家 (literal) → 百家 · bǎi​jiā · schools of thought 争鸣 (literal) → 争鸣/爭鳴 · zhēng​míng · to contend

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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