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引玉之砖

yǐn zhī zhuān 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
yǐn 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 , one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
  jade
   zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of ) / him / her / it
    zhuān variant of
    zhuān variant of
    zhuān brick / tile (floor or wall, not roof) / CL:
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