始作俑者 in English shi3 zuo4 yong3 zhe3 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically the originator of an evil practice

Simplified Characters

始 作 俑 者

Traditional Characters

始 作 俑 者

Pinyin

shi3 zuo4 yong3 zhe3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

始shi3to begin 作zuo4worker 俑yong3wooden figures buried with the dead 者zhe3(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...