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焚書坑儒 (fan4 syu1 haang1 jyu4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

焚書坑儒 (fan4 syu1 haang1 jyu4, 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])

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 焚化爐 (fan4 faa3 lou4) — incinerator
• 焚 (fan3) — an alternative form for , to ruin
• 焚 (fan4) — to burn
• 焚化 (fan4 faa3) — to cremate
• 焚屍 (fan4 si1) — to cremate
• 焚屍爐 (fan4 si1 lou4) — crematorium; crematory oven

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