抛砖引玉 (pāo zhuān yǐn yù) — lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) · Chinese · Nantoka

pāo zhuān yǐn yù

Traditional: 拋磚引玉

抛砖引玉 (pāo zhuān yǐn yù) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom); fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling”.

Meanings

1lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom)
2fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling

Characters in 抛砖引玉

抛pāo · to throw 砖zhuān · brick 引yǐn · to draw (e.g. a bow)玉yù · jade

Related words

引起to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse 吸引to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate 抛弃to abandon 引to draw (e.g. a bow)抛to throw 引擎engine (loanword)玉米corn 引爆to ignite; to detonate 引发to lead to 勾引to seduce 指引to guide 引导to guide

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