Usage of the character 俑
yǒng
俑
[俑]
- wooden figures buried with the dead
yǒngkēng
俑坑
[俑坑]
- pit with funerary figures
- pit containing terracotta warriors
táoyǒng
陶俑
[陶俑]
- a pottery figurine buried with the dead
bīngmǎyǒng
兵马俑
[兵馬俑]
- figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead
- Terracotta Army (historic site)
shǐzuòyǒngzhě
始作俑者
[始作俑者]
- lit. the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom)
- fig. the originator of an evil practice