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焚书坑儒

fén shū kēng rú

Definitions

  • •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

焚
fén
儒
rú
书
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坑
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