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]) · Chinese · Nantoka

fén shū kēng rú

Traditional: 焚書坑儒

焚书坑儒 (fén shū kēng rú) is a Chinese word 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])”.

Meanings

1to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2])

Characters in 焚书坑儒

焚fén · to burn 书shū · book 坑kēng · pit; hollow; depression 儒rú · scholar

Related words

书book 书abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]图书馆library 读书to read a book 秘书secretary 坑pit; hollow; depression 坑variant of 坑[keng1]书店bookstore 侏儒dwarf 教书to work as a teacher; to teach (in a school)书面in writing; written 文书document

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