作俑
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Chinese[edit]
to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make |
wooden figures buried with the dead | ||
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simp. and trad. (作俑) |
作 | 俑 | |
Literally: “to make tomb figurines”. |
Etymology[edit]
Believed to be from a mistaken belief that human sacrifice evolved from the burial of tomb figurines.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄩㄥˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zuòyǒng
- Wade–Giles: tso4-yung3
- Yale: dzwò-yǔng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohyeong
- Palladius: цзоюн (czojun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Verb[edit]
作俑
- to originate an immoral practice; to set a bad example
Derived terms[edit]
- 始作俑者 (shǐzuòyǒngzhě)