不平则鸣

bù píng zé míng

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Definitions

1. where there is injustice, there will be an outcry
2. man will cry out against injustice

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Child Words of 不平则鸣

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 不平 不平 bù píng: uneven
• 则 则 zé: (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
• 平 平 píng: flat
• 鸣 鸣 míng: to cry (of birds, animals and insects)