焚书坑儒

Traditional form:

焚書坑儒

Pinyin (reading):

fénshūkēngrú

Definitions:

• to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇 ( Qín Shǐhuáng))

Characters:

• 焚 - to burn
• 书 - book, letter, document; writing
• 坑 - pit, hole; to trap, to bury; to harry
• 儒 - Confucian scholar

Traditional characters:

• 焚 - to burn
• 書 - book, letter, document; writing
• 坑 - pit, hole; to trap, to bury; to harry
• 儒 - Confucian scholar