焚書坑儒

See also: 焚书坑儒

Chinese

		burn	book; letter	pit; to defraud	scholar; Confucian
trad. (焚書坑儒)		焚	書	坑	儒
simp. (焚书坑儒)		焚	书	坑	儒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fénshūkēngrú

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄎㄥㄖㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fénshūkēngrú
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄎㄥㄖㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenrshukengru
  - IPA ^(key): /fən³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵ ʐu³⁵/

Idiom

焚書坑儒

"Burning of books and burying of scholars", anti-intellectual event during the Qin Dynasty

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