始作俑者 shǐzuòyǒngzhě originator of a bad practice Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 始作俑者 shǐzuòyǒngzhě originator of a bad practice The creator of a bad precedent or evil practice; literally refers to the first person to use funerary figurines instead of human sacrifices, as mentioned in the Mencius. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.04 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.995 per million Cross-References Referenced by 作俑 zuòyǒng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
始作俑者 shǐzuòyǒngzhě originator of a bad practice The creator of a bad precedent or evil practice; literally refers to the first person to use funerary figurines instead of human sacrifices, as mentioned in the Mencius. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.04 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.995 per million Cross-References Referenced by 作俑 zuòyǒng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)