焚书坑儒

fén shū kēng rú

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1. to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[qín shǐ huáng])

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Child Words of 焚书坑儒

• 坑 坑 kēng: pit; depression; hollow
• 书 书 shū: book
• 儒 儒 rú: scholar
• 焚 焚 fén: to burn