引玉之砖
yǐn​yù​zhī​zhuān

icebreaker

  • created reference approved 引玉之砖/引玉之磚 → 抛砖引玉/拋磚引玉 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    引玉之砖 / 引玉之磚 yǐn​yù​zhī​zhuān

    抛砖引玉 / 拋磚引玉 pāo​zhuān​yǐn​yù

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 引玉之砖/引玉之磚 · yǐn​yù​zhī​zhuān · icebreaker — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    引 (literal) → 引 · yǐn · to cause 玉 (literal) → 玉 · yù · jade 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 砖 (literal) → 砖/磚 · zhuān · brick

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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