lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom); fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
trad. 拋磚引玉
Also written 拋磚引玉【pāo zhuān yǐn yù】
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4抛
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to throw, to toss, to fling, to cast, to abandon
- Pinyin
- pāo
- Traditional
- 拋
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 5630 of 2500
砖
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variant of 甎|砖[zhuan1]
- Pinyin
- zhuān
- Traditional
- 塼
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 21874 of 2500
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