| 抛砖引玉 |
pāo zhuān yǐn yù |
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 |
| 抛 |
pāo |
to throw / to toss / to fling / to cast / to abandon |
| 抛砖 |
pāo zhuān |
to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 抛砖引玉) |
| 砖 |
zhuān |
variant of 砖 |
| 砖 |
zhuān |
variant of 砖 |
| 砖 |
zhuān |
brick / tile (floor or wall, not roof) / CL:块 |
| 引 |
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 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters |
| 玉 |
yù |
jade |