百花齐放

百花齊放

bǎihuā-qífàng

idiom #88,937

Meanings

1 a hundred flowers bloom together
2 let many schools of thought flourish; diversity flourishing side by side

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

市场上产品百花齐放。

Shìchǎng shàng chǎnpǐn bǎihuā-qífàng.

Products in the market are flourishing in great variety.

HSK 5

文艺创作百花齐放。

Wényì chuàngzuò bǎihuā-qífàng.

Artistic creation is flourishing in all its diversity.

HSK 7-9

学术上要百花齐放，百家争鸣。

Xuéshù shàng yào bǎihuā-qífàng, bǎijiā-zhēngmíng.

In scholarship we should let a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools contend.

Tips

culture

Best known as half of the slogan 百花齐放，百家争鸣 (1956), advocating open expression in arts and scholarship. Still widely used, though the political history gives it faint overtones in some contexts.

Stroke Order

百 bǎi

花 huā

齐 qí

放 fàng