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罢黜百家,独尊儒术

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bà chù bǎi jiā , dú zūn rú shù

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  1. 1. Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom)
  2. 2. sole dominant ideology

Child Words of 罢黜百家,独尊儒术

独
dú

alone

百
bǎi

hundred

儒
rú

scholar

尊
zūn

senior

独尊
dú zūn

to revere as sole orthodoxy

独尊儒术
dú zūn rú shù

dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of the Former Han dynasty)

百家
bǎi jiā

many schools of thought

罢
bà

to stop

罢
ba

(final particle, same as 吧)

罢黜
bà chù

to dismiss from office

术
shù

method

术
zhú

various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea

黜
chù

to dismiss from office

家
jiā

home

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