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引玉之砖
yǐn​yù​zhī​zhuān

icebreaker

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
引玉之砖 引玉之磚 yǐn​yù​zhī​zhuān
icebreaker
(idiom) a modest suggestion or rough opinion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas; often used as a humble way of referring to one's own work

Frequency

Written text
0.023 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 抛砖引玉 pāo​zhuān​yǐn​yù

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)