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作俑
zuò​yǒng

to make burial figurines

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
作俑 zuò//yǒng
to make burial figurines
(literary) to manufacture human figurines for burial with the dead as sacrificial substitutes
to initiate a bad practice
(figurative) to set a bad precedent or initiate a wicked practice

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  • 始作俑者 shǐ​zuò​yǒng​zhě
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