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罢黜百家，独尊儒术

bà chù bǎi jiā , dú zūn rú shùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom) / sole dominant ideology
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-3097a8b91b193fe0. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

罷黜百家，獨尊儒術 罢黜百家，独尊儒术 [ba4 chu4 bai3 jia1 , du2 zun1 ru2 shu4] /Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom)/sole dominant ideology/

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Other forms in these source records: 罷黜百家，獨尊儒術

  • 罢
    bà

    to stop / to cease / to dismiss / to suspend / to quit / to finish

    ba

    (final particle, same as 吧)

  • 黜
    chù

    to dismiss from office / to expel

  • 百
    bǎi

    hundred / numerous / all kinds of

    Bǎi

    surname Bai

  • 家
    jiā

    used in 傢伙|家伙[jiā huo] and 傢俱|家俱[jiā jù] / home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[gè]

  • 独
    dú

    alone / independent / single / sole / only

  • 尊
    zūn

    senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel

  • 儒
    rú

    scholar / Confucian

  • 术
    zhú

    (bound form) Atractylodes (genus of perennial herbs in the daisy family, used in TCM)

    shù

    (bound form) art / skill / discipline / (bound form) method / technique / strategy

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.