"始作俑者" meaning in Chinese

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Phrase

IPA: /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰiː³⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ jʊŋ³⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /t͡sʰiː³⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ jʊŋ³⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: shǐzuòyǒngzhě [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄩㄥˇ ㄓㄜˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ci² zok³ jung² ze² [Cantonese, Jyutping], shǐzuòyǒngzhě [Phonetic:shǐzuòyóngzhě] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], shǐhzuòyǒngjhě [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], shih³-tso⁴-yung³-chê³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], shř-dzwò-yǔng-jě [Mandarin, Yale], shyytzuohyeongjee [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], шицзоюнчжэ [Mandarin, Palladius], šiczojunčžɛ [Mandarin, Palladius], chí jok yúng jé [Cantonese, Yale], tsi² dzok⁸ jung² dze² [Cantonese, Pinyin], qi² zog³ yung² zé² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From Mencius (《孟子·梁惠王上》): : 仲尼曰:『始作俑者,其無後乎!』 [Classical Chinese, trad.]仲尼曰:『始作俑者,其无后乎!』 [Classical Chinese, simp.] From: Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version Zhòngní yuē: ‘Shǐ zuò yǒng zhě, qí wúhòu hū!’ [Pinyin] Zhong Ni said, "Was he not without posterity who first made wooden images to bury with the dead?" Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|(《孟子·梁惠王上》)}} (《孟子·梁惠王上》), {{zh-x|仲尼 曰:『始.作.俑.者,其 無後 乎!』|Zhong Ni said, "Was he not without posterity who first made wooden images to bury with the dead?"|collapsed=y|ref=Mencius-L}} 仲尼曰:『始作俑者,其無後乎!』 [Classical Chinese, trad.]仲尼曰:『始作俑者,其无后乎!』 [Classical Chinese, simp.] From: Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version Zhòngní yuē: ‘Shǐ zuò yǒng zhě, qí wúhòu hū!’ [Pinyin] Zhong Ni said, "Was he not without posterity who first made wooden images to bury with the dead?" Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 始作俑者
  1. the initiator of a bad practice; the creator of a bad precedent Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-始作俑者-zh-phrase-f~Iw1-rq
  2. the person who started a bad or undesirable event Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-始作俑者-zh-phrase-taJ6cbGr Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese entries with language name categories using raw markup, Chinese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with language name categories using raw markup: 17 83 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 12 88

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