Chinese word dictionary

焚书坑儒

fén shū kēng rú · to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2])

Word information

Simplified焚书坑儒
Traditional焚書坑儒
Pinyinfén shū kēng rú
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