lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom); fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas
trad. 引玉之磚
Also written 引玉之磚【yǐn yù zhī zhuān】
Characters in this word
4引
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to draw (e.g. a bow), to pull, to stretch sth, to extend, to lengthen, to involve or implicate in, to attract, to lead, to guide, to leave, to provide evidence or justification for, old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
- Pinyin
- yǐn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 8320 of 2500
玉
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jade
- Pinyin
- yù
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 12826 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
砖
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variant of 甎|砖[zhuan1]
- Pinyin
- zhuān
- Traditional
- 塼
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 21874 of 2500