抛砖 (拋磚)
pāo zhuān
Pinyin

Definition

抛砖 (拋磚)
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pāo zhuān
  1. to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 拋磚引玉|抛砖引玉[pāo zhuān yǐn yù])

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

抛
pāo
  1. 1 to throw
  2. 2 to toss
  3. 3 to fling
  4. 4 to cast
  5. 5 to abandon
抛弃
pāo qì
  1. 1 to abandon
  2. 2 to discard
  3. 3 to renounce
  4. 4 to dump (sb)
抛开
pāo kāi
  1. 1 to throw out
  2. 2 to get rid of
砖
zhuān
  1. 1 brick
  2. 2 classifier: 块 kuài
地砖
dì zhuān
  1. 1 floor tile

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

Sample Sentences

所谓论坛也是抛砖引玉，以期我们可以展开对论题的共同探讨，也请各位外交界的后起之秀们不吝赐教。
suǒwèi lùntán yě shì pāozhuānyǐnyù ，yǐ qī wǒmen kěyǐ zhǎnkāi duì lùntí de gòngtóng tàntǎo ，yě qǐng gèwèi wàijiāo jiè de hòuqǐzhīxiù men bùlìn cìjiào 。
In this forum my comments will only serve as a spark to inflame discussion in the hope that we can start a deeper joint exploration of these issues and I welcome the young up and comers in the diplomatic scene to put forth their opinions.
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