焚书坑儒
fén shū kēng rú
Pinyin

Definition

焚书坑儒
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fén shū kēng rú
  1. to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[Qín Shǐ huáng])

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

坑
kēng
  1. 1 hole
  2. 2 pit
  3. 3 tunnel
  4. 4 to defraud
儒家
Rú jiā
  1. 1 Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[Kǒng zǐ] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[Mèng zǐ] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)
儒雅
rú yǎ
  1. 1 scholarly
  2. 2 refined
  3. 3 cultured
  4. 4 courteous
坑人
kēng rén
  1. 1 to cheat sb
焚香
fén xiāng
  1. 1 to burn incense
玉石俱焚
yù shí jù fén
  1. 1 to burn both jade and common stone
  2. 2 to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
侏儒
zhū rú
  1. 1 dwarf
  2. 2 pygmy
  3. 3 small person
  4. 4 midget
侏儒症
zhū rú zhèng
  1. 1 pituitary dwarfism
儒
rú
  1. 1 scholar
  2. 2 Confucian
儒士
Rú shì
  1. 1 a Confucian scholar
儒学
Rú xué
  1. 1 Confucianism
儒教
Rú jiào
  1. 1 Confucianism
儒生
rú shēng
  1. 1 Confucian scholar (old)
儒者
Rú zhě
  1. 1 Confucian
凹坑
āo kēng
  1. 1 concave depression
  2. 2 crater
坑口
Kēng kǒu
  1. 1 Hang Hau (area in Hong Kong)
坑坑洼洼
kēng keng wā wā
  1. 1 bumpy
  2. 2 full of potholes
坑害
kēng hài
  1. 1 to trap
  2. 2 to frame
坑杀
kēng shā
  1. 1 to bury alive
  2. 2 to ensnare
坑洞
kēng dòng
  1. 1 hole
  2. 2 pit
  3. 3 pothole

Idioms (14)

一个萝卜一个坑
yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng
  1. 1 lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. each person has his own position
  3. 3 each to his own
  4. 4 horses for courses
  5. 5 every kettle has its lid
救焚益薪
jiù fén yì xīn
  1. 1 add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse
  2. 2 to add fuel to the fire
满坑满谷
mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ
  1. 1 (idiom) all over the place
  2. 2 in every nook and cranny
  3. 3 packed to the rafters
焚砚
fén yàn
  1. 1 to destroy one's ink-slab
  2. 2 to write no more because others write so much better (idiom)
焚膏继晷
fén gāo jì guǐ
  1. 1 to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day
玉石俱焚
yù shí jù fén
  1. 1 to burn both jade and common stone
  2. 2 to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
玩火自焚
wán huǒ zì fén
  1. 1 to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
  2. 2 to get one's fingers burnt
罢黜百家，独尊儒术
bà chù bǎi jiā , dú zūn rú shù
  1. 1 Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom)
  2. 2 sole dominant ideology
芝焚蕙叹
zhī fén huì tàn
  1. 1 lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
芝焚蕙叹
zhī fén huì tàn
  1. 1 lit. when one grass burns the other grass sighs (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
兰艾同焚
lán ài tóng fén
  1. 1 lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common
  2. 2 the rain falls on the just and unjust alike
跳出火坑
tiào chū huǒ kēng
  1. 1 lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom); to escape from a living hell
  2. 2 to free oneself from a life of torture
跳出釜底进火坑
tiào chū fǔ dǐ jìn huǒ kēng
  1. 1 out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)
避坑落井
bì kēng luò jǐng
  1. 1 to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom)
  2. 2 out of the frying pan into the fire

Sample Sentences

林峰，别捣乱了！谁知道什么是焚书坑儒？
Lín Fēng ，bié dǎoluàn le ！shéi zhīdào shénme shì fénshūkēngrú ？
Lin Feng, don't cause trouble. Who knows what ''burn books and bury scholars" was all about?
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