焚书 fénshū burning of books Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 焚书坑儒 fénshūkēngrú literary purge to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor [[秦始皇|秦始皇|Qin2 Shi3 huang2]])