焚书坑儒 in English fen2 shu1 keng1 ru2 Meaning

Meanings

  • to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2])

Simplified Characters

焚 书 坑 儒

Traditional Characters

焚 書 坑 儒

Pinyin

fen2 shu1 keng1 ru2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

焚fen2to burn 书shu1abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] 坑keng1hole 儒ru2scholar