百家爭鳴 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 百家争鸣 bǎijiāzhēngmíng ㄅㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄓㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom) refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC Character by character 百(bǎi)surname Bai 家(jiā)home 爭(zhēng)strive for 鳴(míng)cry A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0