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罢黜百家，独尊儒术

bà chù bǎi jiā , dú zūn rú shù

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Definitions

  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

百
bǎi

hundred

罢
bà

to stop

儒
rú

scholar

独尊儒术
dú zūn rú shù

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

独
dú

alone

家
jiā

home

黜
chù

to dismiss from office

罢黜
bà chù

to dismiss from office

百家
bǎi jiā

many schools of thought

术
shù

method

术
zhú

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

独尊
dú zūn

to revere as sole orthodoxy

尊
zūn

senior

罢
ba

(final particle, same as 吧)