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APAD: Let a thousand flowers bloom

7grizzly
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Meaning:

   Encourage many ideas from many sources.

 

Background:

   Let a thousand flowers bloom is a common misquotation of Chairman Mao

   Zedong's "Let a hundred flowers blossom". This slogan was used during the

   period of approximately six weeks in the summer of 1957 when the Chinese

   intelligentsia were invited to criticize the political system then obtaining

   in Communist China.

 

   The full quotation, taken from a speech of Mao's in Peking in February 1957,

   is:

     "Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend

     is the policy for promoting progress in the arts and the sciences and a

     flourishing socialist culture in our land."

 

   It is sometimes suggested that the initiative was a deliberate attempt to

   flush out dissidents by encouraging them to show themselves as critical of

   the regime. Whether or not it was a deliberate trap isn't clear but it is the

   case that many of those who put forward views that were unwelcome to Mao were

   executed.

 

- www.phrases.org.uk [edited]

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I'm often amazed at how much the West knows about China. But it's jaw-dropping

to learn that the legendary about-face is canonized as an English idiom.

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最西边的岛上
2 楼
wow, I'm shocked 2! my dad was one of those "Rightists“ ...
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最西边的岛上
3 楼
coz he said 1 sentence of turth and refused to report others
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最西边的岛上
4 楼
what a time. hope neverComeAgain. Cheers to 1000+ flowers!
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7grizzly
5 楼
Wow. No doubt that event has shaped your life.
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妖妖灵
6 楼
I‘ve just figured out the difference between bloom & blossom
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7grizzly
7 楼
What's the diff? They look quite similar to me :-)
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移花接木
8 楼
百花齐放,百家争鸣,秋后算帐:-))),比百花齐放高一个数量级
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7grizzly
9 楼
Good timing:"six weeks in the summer of 1957" followed by算帐.
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妖妖灵
10 楼
blossom:the flower of a seed plant.
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暖冬cool夏
11 楼
a deliberate attempt to flush out dissidents引蛇出洞:))
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暖冬cool夏
12 楼
You use about-face to mean? Knew this word, butNot sure here
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7grizzly
13 楼
The reversal of a policy, thought, idea, etc.
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7grizzly
14 楼
They didn't seem to worry about their long-term credibility.
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最西边的岛上
15 楼
myFamilySuffered in 文革 4that, it madeMeStrongerButNotBitter
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妖妖灵
16 楼
开始不懂什么意思,你这么一说学会了:翻脸不认人
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暖冬cool夏
17 楼
180度大转弯:)
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最西边的岛上
18 楼
说话不算数,出尔反尔,哈哈。
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最西边的岛上
19 楼
是的,说话不算数,出尔反尔,哈哈。
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移花接木
20 楼
I know the actor Orlando Bloom, not Blossom
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暖冬cool夏
21 楼
Lupines&daisies were wild in my eyes, unlikely landscaped.

It stretches about a mile, and over across the other side of the road. Unlike the flower field in San Diego, they look random and un-uniform. 

Forgot your question yesterday at my blog.  Thanks, my friend. 

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7grizzly
22 楼
One of my grandpas was classified wrongly anti-revolutionary
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7grizzly
23 楼
and three generations suffered.
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最西边的岛上
24 楼
20-30YearsLater, theOfficials Came 2U &Said they were Wrong,
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最西边的岛上
25 楼
NoOne was a "snake", but People who Love their Country!!!
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最西边的岛上
26 楼
Very "funny" Indeed ....
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天边一片白云
27 楼
学习了about-face这个词。有意思。
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妖妖灵
28 楼
本来想说不能用rose blossom的,结果发现居然是个演员的名字:)
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