不平则鸣

Traditional: 不平則鳴

bù píng zé míng

Dictionary entry

where there is injustice, there will be an outcry

What does 不平则鸣 mean?

不平则鸣 (bù píng zé míng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1where there is injustice, there will be an outcry

2man will cry out against injustice

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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-平Píngsurname Ping 则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then · (bound form) standard; norm 鸣míngto cry (of birds, animals and insects) · to make a sound

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不平则鸣

bù píng zé míng

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