始作俑者
shǐzuò-yóngzhě
originator of a bad practice; the one who started it; culprit
Every meaning
shǐzuò-yǒngzhě
- originator of a bad practice; the one who started it; culprit
Its characters
- 始shǐbeginning; start (as in 开始)
- 作zuòto do; to make
- 俑yǒngtomb figurine; figure buried with the dead
- 者zhě(suffix) -er; person who does something (as in 作者)
Words with 始
Words with 作
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.