1 ceramic tile

1 brick

2 classifier: 块 kuài

1 brick

1 BRIC

2 BRICS economic bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa)

1 floor tile

1 lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom)

2 fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas

1 lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom)

2 fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling

1 to hurt oneself by one's own doing

2 to boomerang

3 to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)

1 lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient

2 to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune

1 lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)

2 fig. to do one's bit to help