焚书坑儒

焚书坑儒
fénshūkēng

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

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  1. verb

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

    • The burning of books and burying of Confucian scholars was a brutal act by Qin Shi Huang.

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