焚书坑儒(fén shū kēng rú): to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive…
4 charactersTrad. 焚書坑儒
to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive…
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Word information
- Pinyin
- fén shū kēng rú
- Meaning
- to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2])
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 焚書坑儒
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 焚书坑儒 — tap one to open its word page.
tú图shū书guǎn馆
HSK 1library
xié协yì议shū书
HSK 5contract
tú图shū书
HSK 6books (in a library or bookstore)
xīn心jí急rú如fén焚
HSK 7-9(idiom) burning with anxiety; extremely anxious or impatient
fén焚shāo烧
HSK 7-9to burn
yù欲huǒ火fén焚shēn身
burning with desire
jiù救fén焚yì益xīn薪
add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the…
fén焚huà化
to cremate
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