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    3. 百家争鳴

    百家争鳴

    百ひゃっ家か争そう鳴めい

    let a hundred schools of thought contend

    KMT10News #41+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab36 strokes

    ひゃっかそうめい

    Noun

    1.
    let a hundred schools of thought contend
    yojijukugo

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    会かい議ぎでは百ひゃっ家か争そう鳴めいの議ぎ論ろんが交かわされた。

    A lively debate with diverse opinions was exchanged at the meeting.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    学がく術じゅつの世せ界かいでは、百ひゃっ家か争そう鳴めいこそが発はっ展てんの原げん動どう力りょくだ。

    In the academic world, the contention of a hundred schools of thought is precisely the driving force of development.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsEducation
    現げん代だい社しゃ会かいは多た様ような価か値ち観かんが共きょう存ぞんし、まさに百ひゃっ家か争そう鳴めいの時じ代だいと言いえる。

    Modern society, where diverse values coexist, can truly be called an era of a hundred schools of thought contending.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsPolitics & Law
    中ちゅう国ごくの春しゅん秋じゅう戦せん国ごく時じ代だいは、思し想そう家かたちが百ひゃっ家か争そう鳴めいを繰くり広ひろげた時じ代だいとして知しられる。

    China's Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods are known as an era when thinkers engaged in the contention of a hundred schools of thought.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistory
    インターネット上じょうでは、様さま々ざまな意い見けんが百ひゃっ家か争そう鳴めいのごとく飛とび交かっている。

    On the internet, various opinions are flying around as if a hundred schools of thought are contending.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsInternet & Social Media

    Kanji that make up this word

    百
    もも…(11)
    hundred
    家
    いえ・や・うち…(7)
    house・home・family・professional・expert…(1)
    争
    あらそ.う・いか.でか…(1)
    contend・dispute・argue
    鳴
    な.く・な.る・な.らす…(3)
    chirp・cry・bark・sound・ring…(2)
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