罷黜百家，獨尊儒術 bà chù bǎi jiā ， dú zūn rú shù

reject other schools; honor Confucianism only

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom)
  2. 2. sole dominant ideology

Characters

Character Meaning
罷 bà
(final particle, same as 吧ba); to stop; to cease
黜 chù
to expel; to dismiss from office
百 bǎi HSK 2
hundred; numerous; all kinds of
家 jiā HSK 1
home; family; classifier for families or businesses
獨 dú
alone; only; independent
尊 zūn HSK 4
to respect; to honor; senior
儒 rú HSK 6
Confucian; scholar
術 shù
method; technique