







百家争鸣 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a situation where various academic schools or different opinions contend and debate freely”. Literally, “A hundred schools of thought contend”.

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Open the tool →百家争鸣 (bǎi jiā zhēng míng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a situation where various academic schools or different opinions contend and debate freely”.
百家争鸣 is pronounced bǎi jiā zhēng míng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 百家争鸣 means “a hundred schools of thought contend”. It is used to mean “a situation where various academic schools or different opinions contend and debate freely”.
指各种学术流派的自由争论互相批评。也指不同意见的争论。百家,这种观点的人或各种学术派别。鸣,发表见解。