created sense approved 焚书坑儒/焚書坑儒 · fénshūkēngrú · to burn books and bury scholars — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
焚书坑儒 / 焚書坑儒
fénshūkēngrú
to burn books and bury scholars
The burning of Confucian classics and burying alive of scholars, acts committed by the first emperor [[秦始皇|秦始皇|qin2 shi3 huang2]] to suppress dissent; used to describe the destruction of culture and persecution of intellectuals.
焚 (literal) → 焚 · fén · to burn 书 (literal) → 书/書 · shū · book 坑儒 (literal) → 坑儒 · kēngrú · to bury Confucian scholars alive
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