始作俑者 shǐ zuò yǒng zhě

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

始 shǐ
HSK 2
begin, start; then, only then
作 zuò
HSK 1
make; work; compose, write; act, perform
俑 yǒng wooden figure buried with dead
者 zhě
HSK 3
that which; he who; those who