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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 焚書坑儒 [ㄈㄣˊ ㄕㄨ ㄎㄥ ㄖㄨˊ; fen2 shu1 keng1 ru2]
 to burn the books and bury alive the Confucian scholars (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)
 

From: Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書

 焚書坑儒
 ふんしょこうじゅ
 noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
 burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive