好像这一切的始作俑者是我
“It seems I'm the one to blame for all this.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
等一下
“Wait a minute.”
好像 这一切 的 始作俑者 是我
“It seems I'm the one to blame for all this.”
完蛋了
“I'm done for.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Originating from Mencius criticizing the creator of funerary wooden figurines, this idiom carries strong moral weight regarding who bears ultimate accountability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the creator of a bad precedent; the culprit or instigator
A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) used to pinpoint the person responsible for starting a bad trend or problem.
it seems like; as if
Commonly placed at the beginning of a clause to soften a realization or deduction.