Hundred Flowers
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Hundred Flowers
Translation of Chinese bǎihuā ( qíf àng ) literally, (let bloom) a hundred flowers
Example Sentences
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He was first cast out during the "Hundred Flowers Campaign" in the 1950s, when his criticism of Mao's "irrational" economic policies saw him labelled a "rightist".
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Commercial success did eventually catch up with Feinstein, via his late-career experiments with scanography, as he termed it, which led to the publication of seven coffee-table books beginning with One Hundred Flowers in 2000.
From The Guardian ● May 5, 2019
As a student, he took part in the Hundred Flowers campaign in which Mao encouraged citizens to air grievances with the party.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2016
One night she prepares an elaborate banquet in the Hundred Flowers Pavilion for an evening the emperor has promised will be intimate.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2014
I should like my house also to be named "The Palace of the Hundred Flowers."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 22, 1920 by Sir Owen Seaman
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