百家

many schools of thought / many people or households

hundred / numerous / all kinds of

see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5]

home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4]

The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames

baccarat (loanword)

a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC

a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956

Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom) / sole dominant ideology

the Hundred Schools of Thought, the various schools of thought and their exponents during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC)