百花齐放

百花齊放

bǎihuāqífàng

idiom #88,937

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

文艺创作百花齐放。

Wényì chuàngzuò bǎihuāqífàng.

Artistic creation is flourishing in all its diversity.

学术上要百花齐放，百家争鸣。

Xuéshù shàng yào bǎihuāqífàng, bǎijiāzhēngmíng.

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

市场上产品百花齐放。

Shìchǎng shàng chǎnpǐn bǎihuāqífàng.

Products in the market are flourishing in great variety.

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