let a thousand flowers bloom
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English
38
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars
Meaning
proverb
One should not interfere with promising developments in their early stages.
Example Sentences
- "It is probably safe to say that each year thousands of workers are victims of what might be called the “let a thousand flowers bloom” maneuver, formulated by Mao Tse-tung when he controlled the world's most populous country."
- "There's no haggling over specs or schedules. It's simply: let a thousand flowers bloom (or 140,000 flowers and growing, to be more exact)"
- "One theory advanced by James Brian Quin, a strategy theorist, and others on how to find and develop successful new businesses is to 'let a thousand flowers bloom', tend those that thrive, and let the rest wither."
- "But if you devolve power and resources to local entities—the “let a thousand flowers bloom” approach— you get uneven results."