始作俑者(shǐ zuò yǒng zhě)

4 characters

(lit.) the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom)

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to beginFull guide →
(bound form) workerFull guide →
wooden figures buried with …Full guide →
(after a verb or adjective)…Full guide →

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