焚书坑儒
焚书坑儒
fén shū kēng rú
to burn the books and bury alive the Confucian scholars (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)
verb
Traditional: 焚書坑儒
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- (verb) to burn the books and bury alive the Confucian scholars (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)
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Related Words
焚书(fén shū)— to burn the books (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)
→初刻拍案惊奇(Chū kè Pāi àn Jīng qí)— Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]
→嫏嬛(Láng huán)— mythical place where the Celestial Emperor stores his books
→载籍(zǎi jí)— books (in Confucian education)
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