引玉之砖 — Chinese idiom
引玉之砖
yǐn yù zhī zhuān
Traditional: 引玉之磚
Meaning
- lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade
- fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas
Character by character
- 引yǐnto pull, to stretch; to draw; to attract
- 玉yùjade, gem, precious stone
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 砖zhuāntile, brick
Idioms sharing a character
- 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
- 引狼入室 yǐn láng rù shì
- 引经据典 yǐn jīng jù diǎn
- 引蛇出洞 yǐn shé chū dòng
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