fan4 syu1 haang1 jyu4焚书坑儒
Jyutpingfan4 syu1 haang1 jyu4
Yalefành syū hāng yyùh

Definition

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

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T4Low falling
T5Low rising
T6Low level

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