始作俑者

shǐ zuò yǒng zhě

Dictionary entry

(lit.) the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom)

What does 始作俑者 mean?

始作俑者 (shǐ zuò yǒng zhě) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom)

2(fig.) the originator of an evil practice

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始shǐto begin · to start 作zuō(bound form) worker · (bound form) workshop 俑yǒngwooden figures buried with the dead 者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... · (after a noun) person involved in ...

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始作俑者

shǐ zuò yǒng zhě

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