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    3. 焚書坑儒

    焚書坑儒

    焚ふん書しょ坑こう儒じゅ

    burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive (Qin dynasty thought suppression campaign)

    NTNounHistoryKanji Vocab45 strokes

    ふんしょこうじゅ

    Noun

    1.
    burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive (Qin dynasty thought suppression campaign)
    yojijukugohistorical term

    Stroke 0 / 45

    Speed1.0x

    Kanji that make up this word

    焚
    た.く・や.く・やきがり…(3)
    burn・kindle・build a fire・boil・cook
    書
    か.く・-が.き・-がき…(2)
    write
    坑
    pit・hole
    儒
    Confucian
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