shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
lit. the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom)
fig. the originator of an evil practice
始
shǐ
to begin
作
zuò
to do; to engage in
俑
yǒng
wooden figures buried with the dead
者
zhě
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
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