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始作俑者
shǐzuòyǒngzhě
1. lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
2. fig. the originator of an evil practice

Character Breakdown

始
shǐ
to begin, to start; beginning
HSK 2 8 丶
作
zuò
to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
HSK 1 7 丶
俑
yǒng
wooden figure buried with dead
9 丶
者
zhě
that which; they who; those who
HSK 3 8 丶

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