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焚書坑儒

焚書坑儒

See also: 焚书坑儒

Chinese

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|- ! !burn !book; letter !pit; to defraud !scholar; Confucian |- !trad. (焚書坑儒) | | | | |- !simp. (焚书坑儒) | | | | |}

Idiom

焚書坑儒

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