百家争鸣

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百
家
家
争
爭
鸣
鳴
a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC

Characters and words in 百家争鸣

百
bǎi = b + ai3
hundred / numerous / all kinds of
百 = 一 + 白 : Mnemonic symbol: a one hundred 元 bill.

Beelzebub (b) enjoys preparing to allure mortals. In the airplane's living room (ai3) he's waving a flute (一) as a magic wand and enchanting one hundred white flags (白) to look like one hundred (百) one hundred 元 bills (百).
百
家
many schools of thought / many people or households
家
傢
jia̅ = ji + a1
see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5]
家
jia̅ = ji + a1
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]
家 = 宀 + 豕 : Mnemonic symbol: a framed "home sweet home" picture.

The swine (豕) graduated and wearing a graduation cap (宀), it came home to the ashram. In front of it (a1), Joan of Arc (ji) welcomes the swine and hugs it. To welcome her dear swine, she put a gigantic home sweet home (家) picture in front of the ashram.
争
爭
zhe̅ng = zh + (e)ng1
to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)
争 = ⺈ + 肀 : Mnemonic symbol: The grim reaper, as 争 is often used in words involving war (...战争). In front of the engine ((e)ng1), the grim reaper (争) marks his next victims in passing. With a crayon (肀) he draws big "X"s on the crane (⺈) and James II of England (zh).
争
爭
鸣
鳴
to contend
鸣
鳴
míng = mi + (e)ng2
to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
鸣 = 口 + 鸟 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) took away the turkey's (鸟) mandarin (口) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and now the turkey is crying (鸣).

Words with 百家争鸣

百
百
花
花
齐
齊
放
放
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百
百
家
家
争
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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

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