肇事

zhàoshì
  1. to cause an accident
  2. to be responsible for an incident
  3. to provoke a disturbance

CEDICT

Entry Composition

=1 肇 zhào
  1. at first
  2. devise
  3. originate
=1 肇 zhào
  1. the start
  2. the origin
2 事 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: 件, 樁, 回