焚书坑儒(fén shū kēng rú)

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

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