zuò​yǒng

to make burial figurines

  • created reference approved 作俑 → 始作俑者 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    作俑 zuò​yǒng

    始作俑者 shǐ​zuò​yǒng​zhě

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 作俑 · zuò​yǒng · to make burial figurines — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    作俑

    zuò​yǒng

    to make burial figurines

    (literary) to manufacture human figurines for burial with the dead as sacrificial substitutes

    作, 俑

    作 (literal) → 作 · zuò · to do 俑 (literal) → 俑 · yǒng · tomb figurine

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 作俑 · zuò​yǒng · to initiate a bad practice — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    作俑

    zuò​yǒng

    to initiate a bad practice

    (figurative) to set a bad precedent or initiate a wicked practice

    作, 俑

    作 (literal) → 作 · zuò · to do 俑 (literal) → 俑 · yǒng · tomb figurine

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense