始作俑者

shǐ zuò yǒng zhě

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. the originator of an evil practice

Child Words of 始作俑者

作
zuō

worker

作
zuò

to do; to engage in

者
zhě

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...

俑
yǒng

wooden figures buried with the dead

始
shǐ

to begin