镁砖
měi zhuān
Pinyin

Definition

镁砖
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měi zhuān
  1. magnesium brick (refractory material)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

cí zhuān
  1. 1 ceramic tile
zhuān
  1. 1 brick
  2. 2 CL:塊|块[kuài]
zhuān tou
  1. 1 brick
Jīn Zhuān
  1. 1 BRIC
  2. 2 BRICS economic bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa)
měi
  1. 1 magnesium (chemistry)
dì zhuān
  1. 1 floor tile
pāo zhuān
  1. 1 to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 拋磚引玉|抛砖引玉[pāo zhuān yǐn yù])
pāi zhuān
  1. 1 (slang) to throw brickbats
  2. 2 to criticize harshly
bǎn zhuān
  1. 1 (dialect) wall brick
Guì Lún měi
  1. 1 Guey Lun-mei (1983-), Taiwanese actress
tiān zhuān jiā wǎ
  1. 1 lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do one's bit to help
zhuān kuài
  1. 1 brick
bīng zhuān
  1. 1 ice-cream brick
dì bǎn zhuān
  1. 1 floor tile
bān zhuān
  1. 1 to do hard physical labor (as a job)
  2. 2 (fig.) to play mahjong
qiāo mén zhuān
  1. 1 lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient
  2. 2 to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
qì zhuān
  1. 1 to lay bricks
  2. 2 bricklaying
liú suān měi
  1. 1 magnesium sulfate
zhuān wǎ
  1. 1 tiles and bricks
zhuān shí
  1. 1 brick

Idioms (5)

引玉之砖
yǐn yù zhī zhuān
  1. 1 lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas
抛砖引玉
pāo zhuān yǐn yù
  1. 1 lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
搬砖砸脚
bān zhuān zá jiǎo
  1. 1 to hurt oneself by one's own doing
  2. 2 to boomerang
  3. 3 to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
敲门砖
qiāo mén zhuān
  1. 1 lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient
  2. 2 to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
添砖加瓦
tiān zhuān jiā wǎ
  1. 1 lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do one's bit to help

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