抛砖引玉 — Chinese idiom
抛砖引玉
pāo zhuān yǐn yù
Traditional: 拋磚引玉
Meaning
- lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back
- fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
Character by character
- 抛pāoto abandon, to throw away; to fling, to toss
- 砖zhuāntile, brick
- 引yǐnto pull, to stretch; to draw; to attract
- 玉yùjade, gem, precious stone
Idioms sharing a character
- 引玉之砖 yǐn yù zhī zhuān
- 搬砖砸脚 bān zhuān zá jiǎo
- 添砖加瓦 tiān zhuān jiā wǎ
- 引以为傲 yǐn yǐ wéi ào
- 引以为憾 yǐn yǐ wéi hàn
- 引以为戒 yǐn yǐ wéi jiè
- 引以为荣 yǐn yǐ wéi róng
- 引吭高歌 yǐn háng gāo gē
- 引水入墙 yǐn shuǐ rù qiáng
- 引狗入寨 yǐn gǒu rù zhài
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