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)
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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
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