百家争鸣 bǎijiāzhēngmíng contending schools Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 百花齐放，百家争鸣 bǎihuāqífàng, bǎijiāzhēngmíng diversity of thought a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend; refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period and Mao Zedong's 1956 campaign