bǎi​huā​qí​fàng​bǎi​jiā​zhēng​míng

let a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend

Senses

百花齐放,百家争鸣/ 百花齊放,百家爭鳴 bǎi​huā​qí​fàng​bǎi​jiā​zhēng​míng let a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend

A policy of letting diverse ideas and arts flourish; refers to the various philosophical schools of the Warring States period, and later to Mao Zedong's campaign in 1956.

百花齐放,百家争鸣/ 百花齊放,百家爭鳴 bǎi​huā​qí​fàng​bǎi​jiā​zhēng​míng let a hundred flowers bloom

let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend; a slogan encouraging the free expression of diverse ideas in arts and sciences

References

see 百花齐放,百家争鸣/百花齊放,百家爭鳴 百花齐放/百花齊放
see 百花齐放,百家争鸣/百花齊放,百家爭鳴 百家争鸣/百家爭鳴
abbreviation 鸣放/鳴放 百花齐放,百家争鸣/百花齊放,百家爭鳴
abbreviation 双百方针/雙百方針 百花齐放,百家争鸣/百花齊放,百家爭鳴
see 大鸣大放运动/大鳴大放運動 百花齐放,百家争鸣/百花齊放,百家爭鳴