焚书坑儒
Word
to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇 (Qín Shǐ huáng))
- Traditional
- 焚書坑儒
fén shū kēng rú
fen2shu1keng1ru2Meaning
- to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇 (Qín Shǐ huáng)) CC-CEDICT