phần thư khanh nho
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Meaning · English
Burning the books and burying the scholars — Qin's purge; contempt for learning and the learned.
Literally: burn the writings, pit the scholars
Sources & notes
Discovered via Vietnamese Wiktionary, Thể loại:Thành ngữ tiếng Việt (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.
Common questions
What does “phần thư khanh nho” mean?
Burning the books and burying the scholars — Qin's purge; contempt for learning and the learned. Literally: burn the writings, pit the scholars
Is “phần thư khanh nho” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.