焚书坑儒

fén shū kēng rú

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Definitions

  1. 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])

Child Words of 焚书坑儒

坑
kēng

pit; depression; hollow

书
shū

book

儒
rú

scholar

焚
fén

to burn